Prevalence of secondary amyloidosis in Asian North Indian patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 948-951

  Wakhlu, Anupam ^b   Krisnani, Narendra ^b   Hissaria, Praveen ^b   Aggarwal, Amita ^b   Misra, Ramnath ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Complications; Inflammatory arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0038076261     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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