Familial al-amyloidosis in three Italian siblings

Haematologica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-109

  Miliani, Anna ^a,e   Bergesio, Franco ^b   Salvadori, Maurizio ^b   Amantini, Aldo ^b   Macucci, Marco ^b   Arbustini, Eloisa ^c   Becucci, Aureliano ^a   Sodi, Andrea ^a   Zuccarini, Silvano ^a   Menicucci, Adriana ^a   Torricelli, Francesca ^a   Capobianco, Teresa ^a   Di Lollo, Simonetta ^a   Piazza, Enzida ^b   Gemmi, Fabrizio ^a   Cozzolino, Federico ^d   Merlini, Giampaolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e Istituto di Clinica Medica IV   (Italy)

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; Familial amyloidosis; Monoclonal gammopathies; Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0030326547     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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