Primary AL-amyloidosis, ulcerative colitis and collagenous colitis in a 57-year-old woman: A case study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1306-1309

  Janczewska, Izabella ^a   Mejhert, M ^b   Hast, R ^b   Runarsson, G ^b   Sandstedt, B ^b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; Autologous stem cell transplantation; Collagenous colitis; Gastric ulcer; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESALAZINE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 10644277145     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410008105     Document Type: Article

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