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Amyloid myopathy: an underdiagnosed entity.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jun 1998
Spuler S, Emslie-Smith A, Engel A G
Abstract excerpt
Amyloidosis can involve multiple organs, including kidney, heart, peripheral nerve, skin, joints, and skeletal muscle, but rarely presents as a myopathy. We studied 13 adults with muscle weakness for between 3 months and 4 years in whom the diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis was unsuspected before or until just before the time of the muscle biopsy. All muscle specimens demonstrated congophilic deposits around...
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