The association of Hashimoto disease and congo red negative amyloidosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-296

  Chaiban, Joumana T ^a   Kalache, Safa M ^a   Abu Alfa, Ali K ^b   Shabb, Nina S ^a   Salti, Ibrahim S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Congo red negative; Hashimoto thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG EDEMA; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; EDEMA; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PURPURA; TONGUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; TONGUE;

EID: 55249088036     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31815b9d51     Document Type: Article

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