An unusual form of primary systemic amyloidosis: Amyloid elastosis: Report of a case treated by haematopoietic cell transplantation

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 154-159

  Vecchietti, G ^a   Masouye I ^a   Salomon, D ^a   Dozier, C ^a   Saurat, J H ^a   Helg, C ^a   Borradori, L ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amyloid elastosis; Amyloidosis; Autologous stem cell transplantation; Medullary plasmocytosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; AMYLOID ELASTOSIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPY; PLASMACYTOSIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REMISSION; XANTHOMA;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0037240635     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05036.x     Document Type: Article

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