Usefulness of measuring serum IgG4 level as diagnostic and treatment marker in IgG4-related disease

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-37

  Yamamoto, Motohisa ^a   Nishimoto, Norihiro ^b   Tabeya, Tetsuya ^a   Naishiro, Yasuyoshi ^a   Ishigami, Keisuke ^a   Shimizu, Yui ^a   Yajima, Hidetaka ^a   Matsui, Mikiko ^a   Suzuki, Chisako ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Imai, Kohzoh ^c   Shinomura, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

autoimmune pancreatitis; Churg Strauss syndrome; IgG4; marker; Mikulicz's disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010885401     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.35.30     Document Type: Article

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