A novel clinical entity, IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD): general concept and details

Umehara, Hisanori; Okazaki, Kazuichi; Masaki, Yasufumi; Kawano, Mitsuhiro; Yamamoto, Motohisa; Saeki, Takako; Matsui, Shoko; Sumida, Takayuki; Mimori, Tsuneyo; Tanaka, Yoshiya; Tsubota, Kazuo; Yoshino, Tadashi; Kawa, Shigeyuki; Suzuki, Ritsuro; Takegami, Tsutomu; Tomosugi, Naohisa; Kurose, Nozomu; Ishigaki, Yasuhito; Azumi, Atsushi; Kojima, Masaru; Nakamura, Shigeo; Inoue, Dai

doi:10.3109/s10165-011-0508-6

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A novel clinical entity, IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD): general concept and details

Published in Modern Rheumatology • Feb 1, 2012

Authors:

Hisanori Umehara

Kazuichi Okazaki

Yasufumi Masaki

Abstract

IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD) is a novel clinical disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 concentration and tumefaction or tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. IgG4RD may be present in a certain proportion of patients with a wide variety of diseases, including Mikulicz's di...

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Medicine

IgG4-related disease

Disease

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