Positive disease-specific autoantibodies have limited clinical significance in diagnosing IgG4-related disease in daily clinical practice.
Ichiro MizushimaTakahiro YamanoHiroyuki KawaharaShinya HibinoRyo NishiokaTakeshi ZoshimaSatoshi HaraKiyoaki ItoHiroshi FujiiHideki NomuraMitsuhiro KawanoPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
The ACR/EULAR classification criteria for IgG4-RD have an excellent diagnostic specificity in daily clinical practice. Positive disease-specific autoantibodies may have limited clinical significance for the diagnosis of IgG4-RD.