Primary biliary cirrhosis and systemic amyloidosis, a new association

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1196-1200

  Rodriguez Luna, Hector ^a   Vargas, Hugo E ^a   Williams, James ^a   De Petris, Giovanni ^a   Rakela, Jorge ^a   Douglas, David D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

primary amyloidosis (AL); primary biliary cirrhosis; secondary amyloidosis (AA)

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444255002     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000037812.86212.99     Document Type: Article

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