IgG4-related disease in Singapore: A description of two cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-97

  Fong, Warren Weng Seng ^a   Thumboo, Julian ^a   Azhar, Rafay ^a   Yoong, Jon Kah Choun ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cholangiopathy; IgG4 RD; IgG4 related disease

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY DILATATION; JAUNDICE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PRURITUS; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SINGAPORE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AMPULLA OF VATER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; PLASMA CELLS; PREDNISOLONE; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874375630     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.12027     Document Type: Article

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