Diagnosis and immunohistochemical classification of systemic amyloidoses. Report of 43 cases in an unselected autopsy series

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 433, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-27

  Strege, Rainer J ^a   Saeger, Wolfgang ^a   Linke, Reinhold P ^b  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Histomorphological pattern; Immunohistochemistry; Postmortem study; Systemic amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 0031823011     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050211     Document Type: Article

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