Distribution of serum immunoglobulin G4 levels in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and clinical features of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis with elevated serum immunoglobulin G4 levels

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 711-717

  Takeshima, Ken ^a   Ariyasu, Hiroyuki ^a   Inaba, Hidefumi ^a   Inagaki, Yuko ^a   Yamaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Furukawa, Yasushi ^a   Doi, Asako ^a   Furuta, Hiroto ^a   Nishi, Masahiro ^a   Akamizu, Takashi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hashimoto s thyroiditis; IgG4 thyroiditis; Immunoglobulin G4; Immunoglobulin G4 related disease; Prospective

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LEVOTHYROXINE; SODIUM; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMAGE HYPOECHOGENICITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 THYROIDITIS; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIKULICZ DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SWELLING; THYROIDITIS; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84940497540     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ15-0157     Document Type: Article

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