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Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease

Preferred term

Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Autoimmune Disease, IgG4-Associated
  • IgG4 Associated Autoimmune Disease
  • IgG4-Associated Autoimmune Disease
  • IgG4-Associated Autoimmune Diseases
  • IgG4-RD
  • IgG4 Related Disease
  • IgG4-Related Disease
  • IgG4-Related Diseases
  • IgG4 Related Systemic Disease

Scope note

  • A spectrum of systemic autoimmune diseases in which IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 plays a pathophysiologic role. It can affect multiple organs in highly variable presentations, characterized by inflammatory lesions composed of IgG4-positive PLASMA CELLS, further infiltrated by T helper cells (T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER) when linked to progressive FIBROSIS and eventual organ damage.

History note

  • 2019

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077733

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