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Abdominal fat aspiration biopsy and genotyping of serum amyloid A contribute to early diagnosis of reactive AA amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Sept 2003
Ishii Wataru, Matsuda Masayuki, Nakamura Akinori, Nakamura Naoshi, Suzuki Akio, Ikeda Shu-ichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To detect amyloid deposits in the early phase of illness, we investigated the usefulness of abdominal fat aspiration biopsy along with genotyping of serum amyloid A (SAA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed abdominal fat aspiration biopsy with...
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