IgG4-Related Kidney Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saito, Takao (Editor), Stone, John H. (Editor), Nakashima, Hitoshi (Editor), Saeki, Takako (Editor), Kawano, Mitsuhiro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Nephrology.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book offers a detailed review of the pathological and imaging features, diagnosis and treatment of IgG4-Related Kidney Disease (IgG4-RKD). IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), which is characterized by an elevated serum IgG4 level and infiltration of systemic organs by IgG4 positive plasma cells, is...