Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis associated with asbestos exposure

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-70

  Hiroshima, Kenzo ^a   Ohwada, Hidemi ^a   Ishibashi, Masahiko ^a   Yamamoto, Naoyoshi ^a   Tamiya, Norihisa ^a   Yamaguchi, Yutaka ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amyloid; amyloidosis; asbestos; Congo red; electron microscopy; immunohistochemistry; pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029953603     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03535.x     Document Type: Article

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