Localized amyloidosis of the urinary tract: Case series of nine patients

Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 904-909

  Merrimen, J L O ^a   Alkhudair, W K ^a   Gupta, R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER IRRITATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETER; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646839410     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.11.029     Document Type: Article

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