Hepatic amyloidosis with light chain deposition disease. A rare association

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 795-798

  Casiraghi, M A ^a   De Paoli, A ^a   Assi, A ^a   Palladini, G ^b   Lavazza, M T ^a   Beretta, A ^a   Gualdoni, G ^a   Beretta, R ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Cholestatic liver disease; Light chain deposition disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLOID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CONGO RED; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROLYTE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PARAPROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034489668     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(00)80358-8     Document Type: Article

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