Another devastating complication of the Schnitzler syndrome: AA amyloidosis [8]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-184

  Claes, K ^a   Bammens, B ^a   Delforge, M ^a   Evenepoel, P ^a   Kuypers, D ^a   Vanrenterghem, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Chronic urticaria; Schnitzler syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URTICARIA;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME;

EID: 36849040445     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08251.x     Document Type: Letter

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