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Temporal artery involvement in AL amyloidosis: an important differential diagnosis for giant cell arteritis. A case report and literature review

Hiroshi OiwaDepartment of Rheumatology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Nagaaki KatohDepartment of Neurology and Rheumatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan;
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Shoichiro KojoDepartment of Nephrology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan;
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Tsuneaki YoshinagaDepartment of Neurology and Rheumatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan;
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Kohei TaniguchiDepartment of Pathology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan;
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Yasuhiro ShioteDepartment of Hematology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Pages 90-94 | Received 08 May 2019, Accepted 29 Jul 2019, Published online: 13 Aug 2019

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