Corneal deposits as an alerting sign of monoclonal gammopathy: A case report

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 734-738

  Kato, Takuji ^a   Nakayasu, Kiyoo ^a   Omata, Yasuo ^a   Watanabe, Yasuo ^a   Kanai, Atsushi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal deposits; Immunoglobulin; Monoclonal gammopathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS;

EID: 0032759896     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199911000-00018     Document Type: Article

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