Underdiagnosed amyloidosis: Amyloidosis of lysozyme variant [2]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-322

  Granel, Brigitte ^a   Serratrice, Jacques ^a   Disdier, Patrick ^a   Weiller, Pierre Jean ^a   Valleix, Sophie ^b   Grateau, Gilles ^c   Droz, Dominique ^d  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut Cochin ^*  (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOLEUCINE; LYSOZYME; TRYPSIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; LYSOZYME AMYLOIDOSIS; LYSOZYME GENE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PURPURA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

EID: 14644390250     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.10.022     Document Type: Letter

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