CHRONIC INTRAVENOUS HEROIN ABUSE AND HEPATIC AMYLOIDOSIS

A few data on systemic amyloidosis in heroin abusers as well as the development of liver amyloidosis, as its important target, are the reasons for this examination. The liver amyloidosis was found in 22,5 % of autopsies and it was very often associated with liver alcoholicdisease. Amyloid deposits w...

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Main Authors: Radovan Karadžić, Lidija Kostić-Banović, Jovan Stojanović, Goran Ilić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine 2005-12-01
Series:Acta Medica Medianae
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Online Access:http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2005-html/4-broj/HRONICNA%20INTRAVENSKA....pdf