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ArticleClinical case reports2020

Light-chain amyloid myopathy isolated to skeletal muscles: A case report.

Toshihiro Matsukawa, Katsuki Eguchi, Ichizo Nishino, Kohei Okada, Kazuo Oshimi, Takuto Miyagishima

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Toshihiro MatsukawaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology Kushiro Rosai Hospital Kushiro Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-3778
Katsuki EguchiDepartment of Neurology Kushiro Rosai Hospital Kushiro Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2988-2532
Ichizo NishinoDepartment of Neuromuscular Research National Institute of Neuroscience Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-112X
Kohei OkadaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology Kushiro Rosai Hospital Kushiro Japan.
Kazuo OshimiDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology Kushiro Rosai Hospital Kushiro Japan.
Takuto MiyagishimaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology Kushiro Rosai Hospital Kushiro Japan.
Kushiro Rosai Hospital · JPNational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isolated amyloidosis, especially of amyloid light-chain type, is an infrequent disease. Systemic chemotherapy for light-chain amyloidosis isolated to skeletal muscles plays a key role to reduce clonal plasma cells producing aberrant immunoglobulin.

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amyloidosisisolated amyloid myopathylight‐chain

Identifiers

PMID33363840
PMCPMC7752340
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