@article{JTD19264,
author = {An Wang and Jie Fan and Xiaofeng Chen and Shaohua Wang},
title = {An initial exploration for comprehensive assessment of IgG4- related lung disease: analyses on the cases enrolled from a systematic review},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {10},
number = {3},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: The existence of two diagnostic systems, the Boston and Japan criteria, for immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) confuse the medical practice. We aimed to develop a comprehensive assessment based on the weight of each diagnostic item in the existing criteria to improve the diagnostic efficiency of Boston criteria.
Methods: We assessed the patients enrolled by a systematic review of the literatures using the Boston criteria, Japan criteria and a tentative comprehensive assessment respectively, and evaluated the efficiency of each system and their consistency.
Results: Our analysis showed that the distinction in pathological diagnostic items was similar for the Boston criteria (IgG4+/IgG+ ratio, P},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/19264}
}