New-Onset Proteinuria With Massive Amorphous Glomerular Deposits

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 749-754

  Miller, Dylan V ^a   Dogan, Ahmet ^a   Sethi, Sanjeev ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid, hereditary; fibrinogen A chain; glomerular disease

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID P COMPONENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN A ALPHA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA;

AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 77949569259     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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