Localized cutaneous amyloid at an insulin injection site

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lonsdale Eccles, A A ^a   Gonda, P ^b   Gilbertson, J A ^c,d   Haworth, A E ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c National Amyloidosis Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; HUMAN INSULIN; HYALIN; INSULIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LOCALIZED CUTANEOUS AMYLOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN; MALE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 72549086488     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03711.x     Document Type: Letter

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