Prognosis and risk assessment in AL amyloidosis - State of the art

Amyloid

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 89-91

  Kastritis, E ^a   Dimopoulos, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; MELPHALAN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79959919322     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2011.574354     Document Type: Article

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