Systemic AL amyloidosis mimicking rheumatoid arthritis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1133-1138

  Katoh, Nagaaki ^a   Tazawa, Ko Ichi ^a   Ishii, Wataru ^a   Matsuda, Masayuki ^a   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Polyarthralgia; Systemic AL amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; GALLIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; HAND SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; JOINT SWELLING; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; URINE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA;

EID: 48049090265     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0961     Document Type: Article

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