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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Original Article

Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in a patient with amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma

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Pages 265-268 | Received 19 Sep 1994, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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