A novel clinical entity, IgG4-relateddisease (IgG4RD): General concept and details

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Umehara, Hisanori ^a   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^b   Masaki, Yasufumi ^a   Kawano, Mitsuhiro ^c   Yamamoto, Motohisa ^d   Saeki, Takako ^e   Matsui, Shoko ^f   Sumida, Takayuki ^g   Mimori, Tsuneyo ^h   Tanaka, Yoshiya ⁱ   Tsubota, Kazuo ^j   Yoshino, Tadashi ^k   Kawa, Shigeyuki ^l   Suzuki, Ritsuro ^m   Takegami, Tsutomu ^a   Tomosugi, Naohisa ^a   Kurose, Nozomu ^a   Ishigaki, Yasuhito ^a   Azumi, Atsushi ⁿ   Kojima, Masaru ^o   Nakamura, Shigeo ^p   Inoue, Dai ^c   Fujikawa, Keita ^q   Hamano, Hideaki ^l   Kubo, Keiji ^l   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^l   Hirokawa, Mitsuyosi ^r   Itoh, Kunihiko ^s   Kamisawa, Terumi ^t   Kawabata, Daisuke ^h   Matsumoto, Morio ^u   Minamoto, Seijiro ^v   Murayama, Kayoko ^w   Nishiyama, Susumu ^x   Ogawa, Yoko ^y   Origuchi, Tomoki ^z   Oyama, Norihide ^aa   Sato, Yasuharu ^ab   Seto, Masao ^ac   Sugai, Susumu ^ad   Tsukamoto, Norifumi ^ae   Takahira, Masayuki ^c   Takahashi, Hiroki ^d   Tsuboi, Hiroto ^g   Waseda, Yuko ^c   Kitagawa, Kazuko ^a   Nojima, Takayuki ^a   Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a   Tonami, Hisao ^a   Fukushima, Toshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a   Fujita, Yoshimasa ^a   Sawaki, Toshioki ^a   Kawanami, Takafumi ^a   Miki, Miyuki ^a   Iwao, Haruka ^a   Nakajima, Akio ^a   Nakamura, Takuji ^a   more..

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^j KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁿ KOBE KAISEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^q Isahaya Hospital   (Japan)

^r KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^t Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute   (Japan)

^u Shibukawa Medical Center   (Japan)

^v Osaka Respiratory and Allergy Center   (Japan)

^w Gunma Cancer Institute   (Japan)

^x Kurashiki Hospital   (Japan)

^y KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^z NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^aa NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ab OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ac AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^ad Kudou Hospital   (Japan)

^ae GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Castleman's disease; IgG4 related diseases; Mikulicz's disease; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; AORTITIS; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED SYSTEMIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LUNG PSEUDOTUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MIKULICZ DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIKULICZ' DISEASE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELLS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859775382     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-011-0508-6     Document Type: Review

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