Association of serum levels of fibrosis-related biomarkers with disease activity in patients with IgG4-related disease

Association of serum levels of fibrosis-related biomarkers with disease activity in patients with IgG4-related disease

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to identify fibrosis-related serological surrogate outcome measures in patients with immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Methods This was a clinical observational study of 72 patients with untreated IgG4-RD from four institutions in Japan. The s...

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Main Authors: Shin-ya Kawashiri, Tomoki Origuchi, Masataka Umeda, Ayako Nishino, Toshimasa Shimizu, Shoichi Fukui, Tomohiro Koga, Naoki Iwamoto, Kunihiro Ichinose, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Takahiro Maeda, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Motohisa Yamamoto, Yasumori Izumi, Atsushi Kawakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
IgG4-related disease
Fibrosis
GDF-15 organ involvement
Prednisolone
Responder index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1777-7

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