Pulmonary amyloidosis in hematological disorders

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 502-513

  Cordier, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Interstitial lung disease; Pulmonary nodule; Tracheobronchial stenosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BORTEZOMIB; CONGO RED; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LENALIDOMIDE; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMYLOIDOSIS; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BETA SHEET; BIREFRINGENCE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE; DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HILAR AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG AMYLOIDOSIS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINAL AMYLOIDOSIS; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MYELOMA; NODULAR PULMONARY AMYLOIDOSIS; PLASMA CELL; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURAL AMYLOIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL;

EID: 27644576472     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922033     Document Type: Review

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