Immunoglobulin G4 Inflammatory Aortic Aneurysm Mimicking Acute Aortic Syndrome
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Immunoglobulin G4-Related Inflammatory Aortic Aneurysm
1.1 The concept of immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing disease Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) is the rarest subclass of IgG, which is numbered 1 through 4 in the order of their discovery and serum concentration, and normally constitutes only 3 to 6% of the total IgG fraction (Oxelius, 2008). IgG4 antibody has unique structural and functional properties, and the production of IgG4 appears to be drive...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.029