The usefulness of subcutaneous fat tissue aspiration biopsy for early confirmation of amyloidosis in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis: Comment on the article by van Gameren et al [1]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2467-

  Immonen, Kai ^a   Helin, Heikki ^b   Lehtinen, Kari ^c   Hakala, Markku ^c,d  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 34547447248     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22745     Document Type: Letter

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