Prevalence and morphology of leukocyte chemotactic factor 2-associated amyloid in renal biopsies

Kidney International

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 816-819

  Larsen, Christopher P ^a   Walker, Patrick D ^a   Weiss, Deborah T ^b   Solomon, Alan ^b  

^a Nephropathology Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; LECT2; Leukocyte chemotactic factor 2; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID LEUKOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR 2; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; CONGO RED; LEUKOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEUKOCYTE STRUCTURE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIGENS, CD8; BIOPSY; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CONGO RED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; NEPHRECTOMY; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77951094007     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.9     Document Type: Article

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