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IgG4-associated diseases

IgG4-associated diseases Definition A group of inflammatory, often eosinophilic and fibrosing autoimmune diseases was summarizedunder the term "IgG4-associated diseases", which was described for the first time in 2003 in a patient with autoimmunological pancreatitis. They are characterized by the...

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