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Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease
Su Jin Moon,Jun-Ki Min +1 more
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Rituximab is reported to be an effective therapy for treatment of IgG4-RD, even without concomitant glucocorticoid therapy, which is the first-line therapy for patients with multiple organ dysfunction and clinical symptoms.Citations
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease in the stomach presenting as a gastric subepithelial tumor: Case report.
Min Ji Cho,Hee Seok Moon,Hyeon Seok Lee,Jae Ho Park,Ju Seok Kim,Sun Hyung Kang,Eaum Seok Lee,Seok Hyun Kim,Jae Kyu Sung,Byung Seok Lee,Hyun Yong Jeong +10 more
TL;DR: Using alternative preoperative diagnostic methods such as endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy or the biopsy unroofing technique could spare the patient from unnecessary surgical treatment.
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Effect of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy on serum levels of IgG1 and IgG4 antidesmoglein 1 and antidesmoglein 3 antibodies in pemphigus vulgaris.
TL;DR: There seems to be a stronger association between the decrease in IgG4 antidesmoglein 3 levels and improvement in clinical activity than with changes in the other antibody levels, which suggests that IgG 4 antibodies have a more important role in mediating pemphigus vulgaris.
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IgG4-related periaortitis vs idiopathic periaortitis: is there a role for atherosclerotic plaque in the pathogenesis of IgG4-related periaortitis?
TL;DR: Elevated serum IgG4 levels, male gender, a higher calcium content of the aortic wall and multifocal organ involvement are features that might provide a higher probability for IgG 4-related periaortitis compared with idiopathic perIAortitis.
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Diagnostic Strategy for Differentiating Autoimmune Pancreatitis From Pancreatic Cancer: Is an Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography Essential?
Jin Hee Kim,Myung-Hwan Kim,Jae Ho Byun,Seung Soo Lee,So Jung Lee,Seong Ho Park,Sung Koo Lee,Do Hyun Park,Moon-Gyu Lee,Sung-Hoon Moon +9 more
TL;DR: Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography had little added benefit in patients with typical CT findings for AIP, because no alternative diagnoses were established after ERP.
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Nasal manifestations of immunoglobulin G4‐related disease
Masanobu Suzuki,Yuji Nakamaru,Shigeru Akazawa,Takatsugu Mizumachi,Masanori Maeda,Dai Takagi,Kanako C. Hatanaka,Satoshi Fukuda +7 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the clinical and pathological features of the nasal manifestations of IgG4‐related disease found sclerosing lesions that mainly affect the exocrine tissue.
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Otologic Manifestations of Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease:
TL;DR: A new clinical entity associated with the otologic manifestations of IgG4-related disease is revealed, and it is revealed that Oral prednisolone was effective in the treatment of Igg4- related disease.