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ArticleCureus2023

Possible Ambiguity in Interpretation Between Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD) and Sarcoidosis in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic.

Rajesh Gurunathan, Pavithra Dhanasekaran, Dedeepiya Devaprasad, Sheba Sk Jacob, Babu K Abraham

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Rajesh GurunathanDepartment of Acute Internal Medicine, Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, GBR.
Pavithra DhanasekaranDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, GBR.
Dedeepiya DevaprasadDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, IND.
Sheba Sk JacobDepartment of Pathology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, IND.
Babu K AbrahamDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, IND.
Apollo Hospitals · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 36-year-old lady presented with fever, cough, maculopapular rash, painless sialadenitis, episcleritis, and arthralgia of more than 10 months, occurring in episodes since she tested positive for COVID-19 in 2020. Her symptoms were well controlled with corticosteroid and immunosuppressant therapy. Her clinical presentation and findings on bronchoscopy resembled that of sarcoidosis. However, the bronchial biopsy histopathology ruled out sarcoidosis. An increased serum immunoglobulin G4 level and its possible association with COVID-19 raises the question of whether the possibility of immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) could be entertained.

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elevated serum igg4igg4 and covid 19 infectionigg4- related disorderssarcoidosis “likesteroid responsive

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PMID37252493
PMCPMC10212579
OpenAlexW4366998246

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