Immunoglobulin G4-related disease with several inflammatory foci

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-462

  Sakamaki, Akira ^a   Kamimura, Kenya ^a   Shioji, Kazuhiko ^a   Sakurada, Junko ^a   Nakatsue, Takeshi ^a   Wada, Yoko ^a   Imai, Michitaka ^a   Mizuno, Ken ichi ^a   Yamamoto, Takashi ^a   Takeuchi, Manabu ^a   Sato, Yuichi ^a   Kobayashi, Masaaki ^a   Naito, Makoto ^a   Narita, Ichiei ^a   Aoyagi, Yutaka ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Corticosteroids; IgG4; IgG4 related disease; Multiple organ

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRY EYE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; THICKNESS;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS;

EID: 84873955545     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.9239     Document Type: Article

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