Ten-year follow-up after autologous stem cell transplantation of a patient with immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis with deposits in the heart, liver and gastrointestinal tract.

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Published in BMJ Case Rep on August 17, 2011

Authors

Marit Mejhert1, Robert Hast, Benngt Sandstedt, Izabella Janczewska

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Sciences, Ersta Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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