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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Case Reports

A solitary mediastinal mass due to localized AL amyloidosis: case report and review of the literature

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Pages 127-130 | Received 20 Nov 2012, Accepted 10 Feb 2013, Published online: 06 Mar 2013

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