SweetSue92
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I am looking at it now along with a few other papers on IgG4.
Looks like a whole heck of a lot of people will need corticosteroids, at the very least. Of course, since everyone's in deep denial, these treatments will probably be too little, too late.
A catastrophe if it proves out. This is from 2018....in the Before Times.
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a recently defined systemic inflammatory and fibrous condition of unknown etiology and multiple clinical presentations. Characteristic features include elevated serum IgG4 levels in approximately 70% of patients; diffuse lymphoplasmocytic infiltrates rich in IgG4(+) cells; a “storiform” fibrosis pattern; and obliterative phlebitis affecting various organs. The disease responds well to corticosteroid treatment, with a second-line therapy involving B-cell-directed immunosuppressive biologic agents.
IgG4-related disease: why is it so important?