Vertebral basilar system dolichoectasia with marked infiltration of IgG4-containing plasma cells: A manifestation of IgG4-related disease?

Neuropathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-104

  Toyoshima, Yasuko ^a   Emura, Iwao ^b   Umeda, Yoshitake ^b   Fujita, Nobuya ^b   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial dolichoectasia; Autoimmune mechanisms; Cerebrovasculopathy; IgG4 related disease; Vertebral basilar system

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS TUMOR; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL BASILAR SYSTEM DOLICHOECTASIA;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PLASMA CELLS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84855934793     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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