An elevated IgG4 response in chronic infectious aortitis is associated with aortic atherosclerosis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1428-1434

  Siddiquee, Zakir ^a   Smith, R Neal ^a   Stone, James R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TAZOBACTAM; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC INFECTIOUS AORTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AORTA; AORTITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 84946500767     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2015.105     Document Type: Article

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