Mucocutaneous bullous amyloidosis with an unusual mixed protein composition of amyloid deposits

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 751-754

  Rekhtman, N ^a   Hash, K S ^a   Moresi, J M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid A; Bullous amyloidosis; Immunoglobulin; Oesophagus

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLISTER; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EOSINOPHILIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLOSSIA; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MUCOCUTANEOUS BULLOUS AMYLOIDOSIS; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OROPHARYNX; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SYMPTOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; BLISTER; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 33644849246     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07063.x     Document Type: Article

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