Establishment of a serum <scp>IgG</scp>4 cut‐off value for the differential diagnosis of <scp>IgG</scp>4‐related sclerosing cholangitis: A <scp>J</scp>apanese cohort

Ohara, Hirotaka; Nakazawa, Takahiro; Kawa, Shigeyuki; Kamisawa, Terumi; Shimosegawa, Tooru; Uchida, Kazushige; Hirano, Kenji; Nishino, Takayoshi; Hamano, Hideaki; Kanno, Atsushi; Notohara, Kenji; Hasebe, Osamu; Muraki, Takashi; Ishida, Etsuji; Naitoh, Itaru; Okazaki, Kazuichi

doi:10.1111/jgh.12248

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Establishment of a serum IgG4 cut‐off value for the differential diagnosis of IgG4‐related sclerosing cholangitis: A Japanese cohort

Published in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology • Apr 26, 2013

Authors:

Hirotaka Ohara

Takahiro Nakazawa

Shigeyuki Kawa

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIM: IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) must be precisely distinguished from primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) because the treatments are completely different. However, the pathological diagnosis of IgG4-SC is difficult. Therefore, highly specific n...

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Medicine

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Gastroenterology

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