Primary (AL) amyloidosis with gastrointestinal involvement

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 708-711

  Madsen, Lone Galmstrup ^a   Gimsing, Peter ^b   Schiødt, Frank V ^a,c  

^a Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Gastrointestinal; Malabsorption; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEATORRHEA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651159350     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520902783717     Document Type: Article

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