Lambda light chain deposition disease presenting as sicca syndrome

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 587-588

  Hamidou, Mohamed A ^a   Gires, Christelle ^a   Moreau, Anne ^a   Martin, Stéphane ^a   Buzelin, Françoise ^a   Grolleau, Jean Yves ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRY EYE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0030949755     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400330     Document Type: Article

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