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Editorial
. 2025 Sep;44(9):3773-3774.
doi: 10.1007/s10067-025-07585-8. Epub 2025 Jul 14.

IgG4-related disease presenting as hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Francesco Gavioli  1 , Anna Capogna  1 , Riccardo Terribili  1 , Claudia Fabiani  2 , Edoardo Conticini  3 , Luca Cantarini  1 , Bruno Frediani  1
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Editorial

IgG4-related disease presenting as hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Francesco Gavioli et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2025 Sep.
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Declarations. Consent for publication: The patient provided her informed consent for publication. Disclosures: None.

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