Secondary systemic amyloidosis: Response and survival in 64 patients

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 246-256

  Gertz, Morie A ^a   Kyle, Robert A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025936525     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199107000-00002     Document Type: Article

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