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Comprehensive Diagnostic Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease

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IgG4-Related Disease

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Although IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a novel and important disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 concentration and tumefaction or tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells, its clinical diagnostic criteria have not been fully established. Many patients with IgG4-RD have lesions in multiple organs, either synchronously or metachronously, and the pathological features of each organ differ. We established comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-RD for the practical use of specialists and nonspecialists.

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Umehara, H., Okazaki, K. (2014). Comprehensive Diagnostic Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease. In: Umehara, H., Okazaki, K., Stone, J., Kawa, S., Kawano, M. (eds) IgG4-Related Disease. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54228-5_6

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