Human recombinant insulin and amyloidosis: An unexpected association

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 138-140

  Sie, M P S ^a   van der Wiel, H E ^a   Smedts, F M M ^b   de Boer, A C ^a  

^a IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ISOPHANE INSULIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUTANEOUS AMYLOID TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 77950527162     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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