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ReviewProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences2018

Current perspectives on autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related disease.

Kazuichi Okazaki, Kazushige Uchida

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Review in Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Analysis of clinical characteristics and current diagnosis and treatment status of IgG4-related diseases in the real world].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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  18. Feline comorbidities: What do we really know about feline triaditis?Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2020
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  19. Steroid-responsive pancreatitides.World journal of clinical cases · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuichi OkazakiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansai Medical University.
Kazushige UchidaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansai Medical University.
Kansai Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disorder recognized as a novel clinical entity with either synchronous or metachronous multi-organ involvement. Patients with IgG4-RD show diffuse or focal organ enlargement and mass-forming or nodular/thickened lesions with abundant infiltration of IgG4-positive plasmacytes and fibrosis, and such patients respond well to steroid treatment. It should be differentiated from mimics by a combination of serum IgG4 level, imaging features, and histopathological findings. The current first-line drug is corticosteroids, or rituximab in high-risk patients for steroid intolerance. Although relapse rates are high, standardized protocols for relapsed cases have not been approved yet. Based on genetic factors, disease-specific or -related antigens, abnormal innate and adaptive immunity may be involved, although the precise pathogenic mechanism and long-term outcome still remain unclear.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesImmunoglobulin G4-Related DiseasePancreatitisHumansautoimmune pancreatitisIgG4IgG4-related disease

Identifiers

PMID30541967
PMCPMC6374139
OpenAlexW2904755845

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