OBJECTIVES: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guidance
recommends measurement of IgG4 in patients with sclerosing cholangitis (SC). The …

OBJECTIVES Biliary strictures, similar to primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), have been
reported in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis, which is characterized by elevated serum …

Background. Immunoglobulin IgG4‐associated cholangitis (IAC) disease is a systemic
disease histologically characterized by extensive T lymphocytes and IgG4 positive plasma …

IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) is often associated with autoimmune
pancreatitis. However, the diffuse cholangiographic abnormalities observed in IgG4-SC may …

Steroid responsive biliary strictures in patients fulfilling criteria for primary sclerosing
cholangitis (PSC) have been reported. The clinical course and response to therapy in …

Abstract Background and Aim IgG 4‐related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG 4‐SC) must be
precisely distinguished from primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) …

Background Recent research has shown that a substantial number of patients with primary
sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) can also have elevated serum/tissue IgG4. The aim of our study …

Background Several studies have demonstrated that elevated serum IgG4 levels are
associated with poor outcomes of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), but the impact of …

Several years have passed since the clinical diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related sclerosing
cholangitis 2012 were published. New findings and knowledge have accumulated since …

The recent addition of immunoglobulin (Ig) G4‐associated cholangitis (IAC), also called
IgG4‐related sclerosing cholangitis (IRSC), to the spectrum of chronic cholangiopathies has …