Three cases of the nodular pulmonary amyloidosis with a long-term observation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 283-286

  Suzuki, Hidekazu ^a   Matsui, Kaoru ^a   Hirashima, Tomonori ^a   Kobayashi, Masashi ^a   Sasada, Sinji ^a   Okamato, Norio ^a   Kitai, Naoko ^a   Kawahara, Kunimitsu ^a   Fukuda, Haruyuki ^a   Komiya, Takefumi ^b   Kawase, Ichiro ^c  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchofiberscopy; Long term observation; Pulmonary amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PLEURA CAVITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; UTERUS CANCER;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645699836     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1487     Document Type: Article

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