Chronic gastric ulceration: A novel manifestation of IgG4-related disease?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 569-570

  Bateman, Adrian C ^a   Sommerlad, Matthew ^a   Underwood, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

AGED; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMA CELLS; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 84861832738     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200565     Document Type: Letter

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