Sjögren's syndrome and localized nodular cutaneous amyloidosis: Coincidence or a distinct clinical entity?

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1992-1999

  Meijer, Jiska M ^a,d   Schonland, Stefan O ^b   Palladini, Giovanni ^c   Merlini, Giampaolo ^c   Hegenbart, Ute ^b   Ciocca, Olga ^c   Perfetti, Vittorio ^c   Leijsma, Martha K ^a   Bootsma, Hendrika ^a   Hazenberg, Bouke P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LIGHT CHAIN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NODULAR CUTANEOUS AMYLOIDOSIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 47249119221     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23617     Document Type: Article

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