The diagnostic utility of serum IgG4 concentrations in IgG4-related disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-18

  Carruthers, Mollie N ^a   Khosroshahi, Arezou ^b   Augustin, Tamara ^c   Deshpande, Vikram ^a   Stone, John H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c North Shore Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84918507670     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204907     Document Type: Article

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