How to diagnose amyloidosis

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-17

  Mollee, P ^a,b   Renaut, P ^a   Gottlieb, D ^c,d   Goodman, H ^e  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Diagnosis; Genetic testing; Immunohistochemistry; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; AMYLOID A PROTEIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONGO RED; CRYSTAL VIOLET; FIBRINOGEN; GELSOLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LEUKOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR 2; LYSOZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; PARAPROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYLOIDOSIS; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GOLD STANDARD; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL ERROR; MERETOJA SYNDROME; MICROSCOPY; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC TESTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEOMICS;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; AUSTRALASIA; BIOPSY; CONGO RED; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PHENOTYPE; STAINING AND LABELING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84892876598     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12288     Document Type: Review

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