Intestinal obstruction and gastrointestinal bleeding due to systemic amyloidosis in a woman with occult plasma cell dyscrasia

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 681-685

  Lau, Chik Fai ^a   Fok, Kam Oi ^a   Hui, Pak Kwan ^a   Tam, Chi Ming ^a   Tung, Yau Man ^a   Wong, Muk Chun ^a   Loo, Ching Kong ^a   Lam, Kwong Ming ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Intestinal obstruction

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CONGO RED; PARAPROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAIN; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; SUBMUCOSA; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0032810031     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199906000-00017     Document Type: Article

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