Lingual amyloidosis - A rare complication of long-term haemodialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1471-1472

  Lee, Shen Yang ^a   Chang, Hung ^a   Chen, Tse Ching ^a   Hsu, Hsiang Hao ^a,b   Fang, Ji Tseng ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 Microglobulin; Bio incompatible dialyzer; Lingual dysfunction; Tongue

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; POLYSULFONE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BIOPSY; CACHEXIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TONGUE DISEASE; UREMIA;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 34447506378     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm038     Document Type: Article

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