Abdominal fat pad excisional biopsy for the diagnosis and typing of systemic amyloidosis

Human Pathology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2018, Pages 71-79

  Garcia, Yessica ^a   Collins, A Bernard ^a   Stone, James R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; ATTR amyloidosis; Biopsy size; Diagnostic rest; Sensitivity; Serum free light chain

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PREALBUMIN;

AA AMYLOIDOSIS; ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL FAT PAD EXCISIONAL BIOPSY; ADULT; AGED; AL AMYLOIDOSIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTR AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT CHAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIPOMATOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85039986660     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2017.11.001     Document Type: Article

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