Clinical Studies on Amyloidosis Complicated with Rheumatoid Arthritis — with Particular Reference to Nephropathy

Japanese Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 274-282

  Obana, Mitsuo ^a   Adachi, Masanori ^a   Matsuoka, Yasuo ^a   Irimajiri, Shoichiro ^a   Kishimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuda, Junya ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Clinical course; Dialysis; Prognosis; Secondary amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0025066055     PISSN: 00215120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.29.274     Document Type: Article

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