Familial primary cutaneous amyloidosis in a South African family

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 438-442

  Hartshorne, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAPULE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SKIN DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033458877     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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