Congestive heart failure: Revealing light chain deposition disease

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-103

  Jego, P ^a   Paillard, F ^a   Ramee M P ^a   Grosbois, B ^a  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Endomyocardial biopsy; Light chain deposition disease; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; CONGO RED; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROTEINURIA; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0034104980     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(00)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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