A case of isolated IgG4-related interstitial pneumonia: A new consideration for the cause of idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 228-230

  Tanaka, Kosuke ^a   Nagata, Kazuma ^a   Tomii, Keisuke ^a   Imai, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISONE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84863803555     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1858     Document Type: Article

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