Renal amyloidosis in intravenous heroin addicts with nephrotic syndrome and renal failure

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Manner, I W ^a   Sagedal, S ^a   Roger M ^a   Os, I ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Heroin; Nephrotic syndrome; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NORWAY; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70350161224     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp72224     Document Type: Article

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