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Pulmonary manifestation of immunoglobulin G4-related disease in a 7-year-old immunodeficient boy with Epstein-Barr virus infection: a case report.

Aleksandra Szczawinska-PoplonykIrena Wojsyk-BanaszakKatarzyna Jonczyk-PotocznaAnna Breborowicz
Published in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2016)
The diagnosis of IgG4-related lung disease in children is challenging because of its rarity, nonspecific symptomatology and heterogeneous morphological manifestations. Further studies are required in children with pulmonary presentation of IgG4-RD to better understand pathogenesis of this condition, possible immunological or infectious triggering factors, and finally, to determine pediatric patient-targeted therapeutic interventions.
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