Nodular localized cutaneous amyloidosis: Further demonstration of monoclonality of infiltrating plasma cells in four additional Japanese patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 652-654

  Hagari, Y ^a   Mihara, M ^a   Konohana, I ^b   Ueki, H ^c   Yamamoto, O ^d   Koizumi, H ^e  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiratsuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MALE; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLASMA CELLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0031953896     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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