μ-heavy chain disease associated with systematic amyloidosis

Hematology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-137

  Kinoshita, Koji ^a   Yamagata, Tishiaki ^a   Nozaki, Yuji ^a   Sugiyama, Masafumi ^a   Ikoma, Shinya ^a   Funauchi, Masanori ^a   Kanamaru, Akihisa ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; Bence Jones proteinuria; Vacuolated plasma cell; HCD

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; MELPHALAN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW CELL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 2542541243     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330410001671561     Document Type: Article

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