Isolated amyloidosis presenting with lumbosacral radiculoplexopathy: Description of two cases and pathogenic review

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 346-352

  Ladha, Shafeeq S ^a   Dyck, P James B ^a   Spinner, Robert J ^a   Perez, Domingo G ^a   Zeldenrust, Steven R ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a   Solomon, Alan ^b   Klein, Christopher J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidoma; Amyloidosis; Lumbosacral plexopathy; MGUS; Neuropathy; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; AMYLOIDOSIS; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES, BENIGN; RADICULOPATHY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 33750910355     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2006.00107.x     Document Type: Review

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