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

Preferred term

Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

In other languages

  • French

  • IgG4-RD
  • Maladie associée aux IgG4
  • Maladie auto-immune associée aux IgG4
  • Maladie liée aux IgG4
  • Maladie liée aux immunoglobulines G4
  • Maladie systémique associée aux IgG4
  • Maladie systémique liée aux IgG4

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