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CASE REPORT: Light Chain Deposition Disease of the Liver Without Renal Involvement in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma Related to Liver Failure and Rapid Fatal Outcome

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  1. Gastroenterology Unit; “Alexandra”, University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Spyros Michopoulos

  2. Pathology Unit; “Hippocrateion”, University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Kalliopi Petraki

  3. Department of Clinical Therapeutics, “Alexandra”, University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos

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Michopoulos, S., Petraki, K., Petraki, C. et al. CASE REPORT: Light Chain Deposition Disease of the Liver Without Renal Involvement in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma Related to Liver Failure and Rapid Fatal Outcome. Dig Dis Sci 47, 730–734 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014773512707

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