IgG4-related Diseases Including Mikulicz’s Disease and Sclerosing Pancreatitis: Diagnostic Insights

Masaki, Yasufumi; Sugai, Susumu; Umehara, Hisanori

doi:10.3899/jrheum.091153

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IgG4-related Diseases Including Mikulicz’s Disease and Sclerosing Pancreatitis: Diagnostic Insights

Published in The Journal of Rheumatology • May 1, 2010

Authors:

Yasufumi Masaki

Susumu Sugai

Hisanori Umehara

Abstract

Since the first report of serum IgG4 elevation in sclerosing pancreatitis in 2001, various systemic disorders have been reported to elevate IgG4, and many names have been proposed from the perspective of the systemic condition. Despite similarities in the organs damaged in IgG4-related Mikulicz's di...

Subject

Medicine

Autoimmune pancreatitis

Pancreatitis

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