Unusual Casts in a Case of Multiple Myeloma

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 970-974

  Sethi, Sanjeev ^a   Hanna, Matthew H ^b   Fervenza, Fernando C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; Cast nephropathy; myeloma kidney; tubular amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CREATININE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VALSARTAN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA;

EID: 70350035836     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.01.273     Document Type: Article

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