Bilateral localized amyloidosis of the ureters: Clinicopathology and therapeutic approaches in two cases

Amyloid

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 260-264

  Fushimi, Tomohisa ^a   Takei, Yo Ichi ^a   Touma, Tuguhiro ^b   Kudoh, Shigemasa ^c   Yamamoto, Kanji ^a   Hoshii, Yoshinobu ^d   Ishihara, Tokuhiro ^d   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Oyokyo Kidney Research Institute   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydroureteronephrosis; Immunoglobulin light chain; Localized amyloidosis; Prednisolone; Ureter; Urogenital amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PRESERVATION; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REMISSION; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; URETER; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STRICTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSTOMY;

EID: 12244311237     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120400014807     Document Type: Article

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