Prevalence of amyloid deposition in long standing rheumatoid arthritis in Iranian patients by abdominal subcutaneous fat biopsy and assessment of clinical and laboratory characteristics

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Alishiri, G Hussein ^a   Salimzadeh, Ahmad ^b   Owlia, Mohammad Bagher ^c   Forghanizadeh, Jafar ^d   Setarehshenas, Roya ^d   Shayanfar, Nasrin ^d  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FAT;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIREFRINGENCE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STAINING; STUDENT T TEST; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 33745193297     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-43     Document Type: Article

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