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Amyloidosis complicating inflammatory bowel disease

A case report and review of the literature

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Gitkind, M.J., Wright, S.C. Amyloidosis complicating inflammatory bowel disease. Digest Dis Sci 35, 906–908 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01536807

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