Hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis mimicking Sjögren's syndrome

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1351-1354

  Juusela, Pirjo ^a,d   Tanskanen, Maarit ^a   Nieminen, Anja ^a   Uitto, Veli Jukka ^a   Blåfield, Harri ^b   Kiuru Enari, Sari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Institute of Dentistry   (Finland)

Author keywords

Congo red; Gelsolin; Hereditary amyloidosis; Sicca syndrome; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; EYE DROPS; GELSOLIN; OINTMENT BASE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY GELSOLIN AMYLOIDOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; MUTATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SCHIRMER TEST; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GELSOLIN; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MUTATION; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 70349484790     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1260-6     Document Type: Article

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