Primary amyloidosis presenting as upper limb multiple mononeuropathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 710-715

  Tracy, Jennifer A ^a   Dyck, Peter J ^a   Dyck, P James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid neuropathy; Amyloidosis; Mononeuritis multiplex; Necrotizing vasculitis; Nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; TROPONIN T;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG CALCIFICATION; MONONEUROPATHY; MULTIPLE MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIBRATION SENSE;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MONONEUROPATHIES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77951260112     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21561     Document Type: Article

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