Amyloid myopathy presenting with distal atrophic weakness

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-609

  Smestad, Cathrine ^a   Monstad, Per ^a   Lindboe, Christian Fredrik ^a   Mygland, Åse ^a,b  

^a Sorlandet Sykehus Kristiansand ^*  (Norway)

^b Spesialsykehuset Rehab Kristiansand   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Gammopathy; Inclusion body myopathy; Myeloma; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 1842425009     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10528     Document Type: Article

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