Screening for IgG4-type anti-nuclear antibodies in IgG4-related disease

BACKGROUND: Immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and infiltration of IgG4(+) plasma cells into multiple organs. It is not known whether serum IgG4 is autoreactive in IgG4-RD. METHODS: We measured anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) in 19 IgG4-RD cases, det...

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Published in:BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Main Authors: Kiyama, Kazuhiro, Yoshifuji, Hajime, Kandou, Tsugumitsu, Hosono, Yuji, Kitagori, Koji, Nakashima, Ran, Imura, Yoshitaka, Yukawa, Naoichiro, Ohmura, Koichiro, Fujii, Takao, Kawabata, Daisuke, Mimori, Tsuneyo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4447006/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26018403
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0584-4
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