Diagnostic accuracy of subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue aspiration for detecting systemic amyloidosis and its utility in clinical practice

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2015-2021

  Van Gameren, Ingrid I ^a   Hazenberg, Bouke P C ^a   Bijzet, Johan ^a   Van Rijswijk, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 33745055421     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21902     Document Type: Article

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