Amyloid A gastrointestinal amyloidosis associated with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: Report of a rare autopsy case and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 735-738

  Hosaka, Naoki ^a   Ito, Masaaki ^a   Taki, Yoji ^a   Iwai, Hiroshi ^b   Toki, Junko ^b   Ikehara, Susumu ^b  

^a Toyooka Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; STEROID;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALABSORPTION; PLASMA CELL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AUTOPSY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0038242025     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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