IgG4-related disease of the thyroid glands

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 273-281

  Kakudo, Kennichi ^a,b   Li, Yaqiong ^b   Taniguchi, Emiko ^b   Mori, Ichiro ^b   Ozaki, Takashi ^b   Nishihara, Eijun ^c   Matsuzuka, Fumio ^c   Miyauchi, Akira ^c  

^a KOBE TOKIWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Fibrosis; IgG4; Pathology; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; IODINE; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 22; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

AGE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEGENERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 THYROIDITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 84860635436     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ11-0309     Document Type: Review

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