Intractable diarrhoea associated with secondary amyloidosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 535-541

  Okuda, Yasuaki ^a,b   Takasugi, Kiyoshi ^a   Oyama, Tetsu ^a   Oyama, Hiroko ^a   Nanba, Shigeru ^a   Miyamoto, Takeshi ^a  

^a Dohgo Spa Hospital   (Japan)

^b Dohgo Spa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERALIMENTATION; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INFECTION; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030850690     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.9.535     Document Type: Article

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