Experience from the first UK inter-regional specialist multidisciplinary meeting in the diagnosis and management of IgG4-related disease

• Published in: Clinical medicine (London, England) Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. e32 - e39
• Main Authors: Goodchild, George, Peters, Rory JR, Cargill, Tamsin N, Martin, Harry, Fadipe, Adetokunbo, Leandro, Maria, Bailey, Adam, Collier, Jane, Firmin, Louisa, Chouhan, Manil, Rodriguez-Justo, Manuel, Sadler, Ross, Chapman, Roger W, Bungay, Helen, Fryer, Eve, David, Joel, Luqmani, Raashid, Barnes, Eleanor, Webster, George J, Culver, Emma L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2020; Royal College of Physicians
• Subjects: Cancer; Disease; Histology; Hospitals; Humans; IgG4-related disease; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease; Immunoglobulins; inflammation; London; Medical referrals; Monoclonal antibodies; multidisciplinary team; Original Research; Physicians; Rheumatology; rituximab; Specialization; Targeted cancer therapy; United Kingdom; London; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; IgG4-related disease; multidisciplinary team; inflammation; rituximab

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a complex multisystem fibro-inflammatory disorder, requiring diagnostic differentiation from malignancy and other immune-mediated conditions, and careful management to minimise glucocorticoid-induced toxicity and prevent progressive organ dysfunction. W...