Diffuse amyloid deposition in thyroid gland: A cause for concern in familial Mediterranean fever

Amyloid

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-162

  Iyidir, Özlem Turhan ^a   Altay, Mustafa ^a   Degertekin, Ceyla Konca ^a   Altinova, Alev ^a   Karakoç, Ayhan ^a   Ayvaz, Göksun ^a   Arslan, Metin ^a   Öneç, Kürşad ^a   Arinsoy, Turgay ^a   Cesur, Nesibe ^a   Gönül, Ipek Işik ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; FMF; Goiter; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; TRACHEA COMPRESSION;

FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84865213008     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2012.687701     Document Type: Article

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