Positive disease-specific autoantibodies have limited clinical significance in diagnosing IgG4-related disease in daily clinical practice

Published: Dec 12, 2020
Abstract
Objectives The 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) have exclusion criteria including positive disease-specific autoantibodies, and these have been documented to have a high specificity. This study aimed to further validate these criteria as well as identify characteristics of patients showing false-negative results. Methods We retrospectively analysed 162 IgG4-RD patients and 130 mimickers. The sensitivity,...
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Title
Positive disease-specific autoantibodies have limited clinical significance in diagnosing IgG4-related disease in daily clinical practice
Published Date
Dec 12, 2020
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