Clinical characteristics and outcome of IgG4-related disease with hypocomplementemia: a prospective cohort study.

Linyi PengHui LuJiaxin ZhouPanpan ZhangJieqiong LiZheng LiuDi WuShangzhu ZhangYunjiao YangWei BaiLi WangYunyun FeiWen ZhangYan ZhaoXiaofeng ZengFengchun Zhang

Published in: Arthritis research & therapy (2021)

Clinical characteristics of IgG4-related disease with hypocomplementemia differ from normal complement group. Serum C3 and C4 at baseline before treatment could be biological markers for disease activity. IgG4-RD with hypocomplementemia responded well to treatment and had no significant difference of relapse rate in IgG4-RD with normal complement.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
ankylosing spondylitis
rheumatoid arthritis patients
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
combination therapy