Clinical characteristics of immunoglobulin G4–related disease: a prospective study of 118 Chinese patients

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 54; no. 11; pp. 1982 - 1990
• Main Authors: Lin, Wei, Lu, Sha, Chen, Hua, Wu, Qingjun, Fei, Yunyun, Li, Mengtao, Zhang, Xuan, Tian, Xinping, Zheng, Wenjie, Leng, Xiaomei, Xu, Dong, Wang, Qian, Shen, Min, Wang, Li, Li, Jing, Wu, Di, Zhao, Lidan, Wu, Chanyuan, Yang, Yunjiao, Peng, Linyi, Zhou, Jiaxin, Wang, Yu, Sha, Yue, Huang, Xiaoming, Jiao, Yang, Zeng, Xuejun, Shi, Qun, Li, Ping, Zhang, Shulan, Hu, Chaojun, Deng, Chuiwen, Li, Yongzhe, Zhang, Shangzhu, Liu, Jinjing, Su, Jinmei, Hou, Yong, Jiang, Ying, You, Xin, Zhang, Haiting, Yan, Linyi, Zhang, Wen, Zhao, Yan, Zeng, Xiaofeng, Zhang, Fengchun, Lipsky, Peter E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; China - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use; Incidence; Lymphatic Diseases - epidemiology; Lymphatic Diseases - etiology; Male; Middle Aged; Mikulicz' Disease - epidemiology; Mikulicz' Disease - etiology; Pancreatitis - epidemiology; Pancreatitis - etiology; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Scleroderma, Systemic - complications; Scleroderma, Systemic - drug therapy; Scleroderma, Systemic - immunology; Treatment Outcome; China; IgG4; autoimmune pancreatitis; prospective cohort; IgG4-related disease; Mikulicz’s disease

To characterize the clinical features of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) in China. A prospective cohort study of IgG4-RD was carried out in Peking Union Medical College Hospital between 2011 and 2013. Patients with newly diagnosed IgG4-RD were enrolled. A total of 118 patients with IgG4-RD were enrol...