A 'muscle' man without exercise: Muscle pseudohypertrophy in myeloma-associated generalized amyloidosis [8]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 986-988

  Sibelt, L A G ^a   Lokhorst, H M ^b   van de Kerkhof, P C M ^a   van Dooren Greebe, R J ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; MELPHALAN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMYLOIDOSIS; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; URINALYSIS;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLES;

EID: 34547100545     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02062.x     Document Type: Letter

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