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Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: IgG4 infiltration in a cohort of Spanish patients

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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge Prof. Yoh Zen (Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, London, UK) and Mrs. Eva Balada (Systemic Autoimmune Disease Research Unit, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain) for their substantial contributions to this study.

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  1. Systemic Autoimmune Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 3ª Planta Edificio Hospital General, Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

    Andreu Fernández-Codina, Fernando Martínez-Valle, Miquel Vilardell-Tarrés & José Ordi-Ros

  2. Systemic Autoimmune Disease Research Unit, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Andreu Fernández-Codina, Fernando Martínez-Valle, Jesús Castro-Marrero, Miquel Vilardell-Tarrés & José Ordi-Ros

  3. Pathology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Inés De Torres

  4. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Unidad de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, 3ª Planta Edificio Hospital General, Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08029, Barcelona, Spain

    Fernando Martínez-Valle

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Fernández-Codina, A., Martínez-Valle, F., Castro-Marrero, J. et al. Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: IgG4 infiltration in a cohort of Spanish patients. Rheumatol Int 34, 1263–1265 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-013-2936-4

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