Gastric nodular lesion caused by IgG4-related disease

Pathology International

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 716-718

  Na, Ki Yong ^a   Sung, Ji Youn ^a   Jang, Jae Young ^a   Lim, Sung Jig ^a   Kim, Gou Young ^a   Kim, Youn Wha ^a   Park, Yong Koo ^a   Lee, Ju Hie ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MALE; MELENA; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH LESION;

BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FIBROSIS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 84866752065     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2012.02859.x     Document Type: Letter

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