AL amyloid neuropathy mimicking a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Amyloid

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-55

  Luigetti, Marco ^a   Papacci, Manuela ^a   Bartoletti, Stefano ^b   Marcaccio, Alessandro ^a   Romano, Angela ^a   Sabatelli, Mario ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 84857202694     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2011.650247     Document Type: Letter

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