Primary tracheobronchial amyloidosis: A series of 3 cases

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-60

  Hanon, Shane ^a   De Keukeleire, T ^a   Dieriks, B ^a   Bultynck, W ^b   Vanmaele, L ^c   Meysman, M ^a   Noppen, M ^a   Vincken, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b St Blasius Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^c Dienst Pneumologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopic treatment; Tracheobronchial amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; SPIROMETRY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 34047127471     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2007.009     Document Type: Article

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