A case of amyloid myopathy in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2 SUPPL.53, 2009, Pages

  Cantarini, Luca ^a   Volpi, N ^a   Lucherini, O M ^a   Giannini, F ^a   Galeazzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; COLCHICINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 70350165968     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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