Spectrum of Disorders Associated with Elevated Serum IgG4 Levels Encountered in Clinical Practice

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a recently described systemic fibroinflammatory disease associated with elevated circulating levels of IgG4 and manifests a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. Although serum IgG4 level has been described to be the most sensitive and specific laboratory test fo...

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Main Authors: Jay H. Ryu, Ryohei Horie, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Tobias Peikert, Eunhee S. Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/232960