Senile systemic amyloidosis starting as bilateral carpal and left ulnar tunnel syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1050-1051

  Takei, Yo Ichi ^a   Hattori, Takeshi ^a   Tokuda, Takahiko ^a   Matsuda, Masayuki ^a   Saitoh, Satoru ^b   Hoshii, Yoshinobu ^c   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat aspiration biopsy; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Senile systemic amyloidosis; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; DIURETIC AGENT; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0242606487     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1050     Document Type: Article

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