Localized AL amyloidosis: A suicidal neoplasm?
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Localized AL amyloidosis: A suicidal neoplasm?
Although AL amyloidosis usually is a systemic disease, strictly localized AL deposits are not exceptionally rare. Such case reports form a considerable body of published articles. Although both AL amyloidosis types are formed from an N-terminal segment of a monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain, a typical localized AL amyloid differs from the systemic counterpart by the morphological appearance...
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عنوان ژورنال: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0300-9734,2000-1967
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2012.654861