epidemiologic methods and malignancy Archives

Abstract Number: 1386 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Malignancy Prevalence Is Increased Among Patients before the Onset of IgG4-Related Disease
Zachary Wallace¹, John H. Stone², Hyon K. Choi³, Na Lu³ and Carly Wallace⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory disease of unclear etiology. Studies have suggested that patients with IgG4-RD may be at increased risk of…

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