Clinical characteristics of IgG4-RD patients infected with COVID-19 in Hubei, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated multi-organ, chronic and progressive disease. Therefore, we conducted a study to investigate the susceptibility of COVID-19 in IgG4-RD patients in Hubei province, and to characterize the clinical manifestation of COVID-19 in IgG4-RD patients.

Methods

A follow-up system that includes over 200 IgG4-RD patients across the country during the past ten years. A total of ninety-one patients with IgG4-RD who live in Hubei, China were identified and responded to our survey. Medical history, clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, CT imaging, and treatment were obtained through a standardized data collection form, and then independently reviewed by two investigators.

Results

2 of 91 cases were infected with COVID-19. B

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228889 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature