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- Title
Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: IgG4 infiltration in a cohort of Spanish patients.
- Authors
Fernández-Codina, Andreu; Martínez-Valle, Fernando; Castro-Marrero, Jesús; Torres, Inés; Vilardell-Tarrés, Miquel; Ordi-Ros, José
- Abstract
The article presents a case study to assess whether IgG4 was present or not in a cohort of Spanish patients with Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRPF). Immunostaining for IgG4 being performed on 4-micrometer (μm)-thick paraffin-embedded human surgical biopsy sections using the primary antibody. It concludes the lower percentage of IgG4 involvement in Spanish patients with IRPF.
- Subjects
RETROPERITONEAL fibrosis; PATIENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC specimens
- Publication
Rheumatology International, 2014, Vol 34, Issue 9, p1263
- ISSN
0172-8172
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00296-013-2936-4