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Misdiagnosis of Hereditary Amyloidosis as AL (Primary) Amyloidosis [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2002
Hereditary, autosomal dominant amyloidosis, caused by mutations in the genes encoding transthyretin, fibrinogen A alpha-chain, lysozyme, or apolipoprotein A-I, is thought to be extremely rare and is not routinely included in the differential diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis unless there is a family history.We studied 350 patients with systemic ...
Lachmann, H.J., Booth, D.R., Booth, S.E., Bybee, A., Gilbertson, J.A., Gillmore, J.D., Pepys, M.B., Hawkins, P.N.   +7 more
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The Amyloidosis Forum: a public private partnership to advance drug development in AL amyloidosis [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020
Background Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare, multi-systemic disorder characterized by two disease processes: an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia that provides the source of pathologic light chains, and the resulting organ dysfunction
The Inaugural Amyloidosis Forum Panelists, Isabelle Lousada   +1 more
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Case Report and Literature Review of Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Not-So-Rare Cause of Heart Failure [PDF]

, 2023
Restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to cardiac amyloidosis is an underdiagnosed cause of heart failure and it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Alexandre, André, Baptista, Patrícia, Moura de Azevedo, Sofia, Dias-Frias, André, André Dias-Frias, Patrícia Baptista, André Alexandre, Sofia Moura de Azevedo   +7 more
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Management of transthyretin amyloidosis. [PDF]

, 2021
Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis) is a disease caused by deposition of transthyretin fibrils in organs and tissues, which causes their dysfunction.
Monney, P., Alessio Mylonas, Hübers, A., Gaspert, Ariana, Kessler, C., Ulrike Bacher, Guido Stirnimann, Magini, G., Mihaylova, Violeta, Ariana Gaspert, Gerber, Bernhard; https://orcid.org/, Fehr, Thomas, Adalgisa Condoluci, Gerull, S., Adrian Schmidt, Djerbi, N., Nadia Djerbi, Vetter, F., Treglia, Giorgio; https://orcid.org/, Kessler, Chiara, Laptseva, Natallia, Arosio, P., Laptseva, N., Bode, P., Mihaylova, V., Giulia Magini, Harald Seeger, Bacher, U., Flammer, Andreas J; https://orcid.org/, Thomas Suter, Alexandar Tzankov, Théaudin, M., Stefan Dirnhofer, Seeger, Harald, Pazhenkottil, A.P., Chiara Kessler, Stämpfli, Simon F, Axel Rüfer, Djerbi, Nadia, Flammer, A.J., Flammer, Andreas J, Zweier, Markus, Meyer, Martin, Fehr, T., Dirnhofer, Stefan, Peter Bode, Averaimo, Manuela, Hübers, Annemarie, Vetter, Friederike, Friederike Vetter, Schmidt, A., Andreas J. Flammer, Averaimo, M., Rüfer, A., Giorgio Treglia, Markus Zweier, Raphael Knöpfel, Nkoulou, René, Gerber, Bernhard, Thomas Fehr, Gerull, Sabine, Manuela Averaimo, Martin Meyer, Manka, Robert, Manka, R., Pierre Monney, Schwotzer, Rahel, Heimgartner, R., Mazzucchelli, Luca, Rüfer, Axel, Knöpfel, Raphael, Gerber, B., Monney, Pierre, Suter, Thomas, Thomas Pabst, Simon F. Stämpfli, Théaudin, Marie, Suter, T., Treglia, Giorgio, Tzankov, A., Garofalo, M., Stirnimann, Guido, Sabine Gerull, Schmidt, Adrian, Pfister, Otmar, Pabst, Thomas, Stämpfli, S.F., Stirnimann, G., Dirnhofer, S., Mylonas, A., Andrea Cavalli, Violeta Mihaylova, Bode, Peter, Arosio, Paolo, Dobner, Stephan, René Nkoulou, Condoluci, Adalgisa, Garofalo, Maura, Rahel Schwotzer, Zweier, M., Mazzucchelli, L., Bacher, Ulrike, Otmar Pfister, Jung, Hans H, Schwotzer, R., Annemarie Hübers, Dobner, S., Meyer, M., Tzankov, Alexandar, Magini, Giulia, Cavalli, Andrea, Tzankov, Alexandar; https://orcid.org/, Robert Manka, Luca Mazzucchelli, Mylonas, Alessio, Heimgartner, Raphael, Gaspert, A., Aju P. Pazhenkottil, Seeger, H., Hans H. Jung, Paolo Arosio, Condoluci, A., Pabst, T., Maura Garofalo, Zweier, Markus; https://orcid.org/, Natallia Laptseva, Bernhard Gerber, Pfister, O., Treglia, G., Knöpfel, R., Raphael Heimgartner, Cavalli, A., Pazhenkottil, Aju P, Stephan Dobner, Nkoulou, R., Jung, H.H., Marie Théaudin, Pazhenkottil, Aju P., Jung, Hans H., et al.   +139 more
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Amyloidosis [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2001
Abstract Amyloidosis is not a single disease but a series of diseases in which there is extracellular deposition of a protein which, although it may be derived from different and unrelated sources, folds into a β pleated sheet. There have recently been significant advances in elucidating the pathogenesis and in the ...
M F, Khan, R H, Falk
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Amyloidosis [PDF]

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2012
The term amyloid describes the deposition in the extracellular space of certain proteins in a highly characteristic, insoluble fibrillar form. Amyloidosis describes the various clinical syndromes that occur as a result of damage by amyloid deposits in tissues and organs throughout the body.
Jennifer H, Pinney, Philip N, Hawkins
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Senile Systemic Amyloidosis: Clinical Features at Presentation and Outcome [PDF]

, 2013
Background Cardiac amyloidosis is a fatal disease whose prognosis and treatment rely on identification of the amyloid type. In our aging population transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt) is common and must be differentiated from other amyloid types.
Banypersad, SM, Whelan, CJ, Lachmann, HJ, Gillmore, JD, Gibbs, SD, Hawkins, PN, McCarthy, CA, Sattianayagam, P, Rowczenio, D, Wechalekar, A, Venner, CP, Petrie, A, Dungu, J, Wassef, N, Pinney, JH, Gilbertson, JA   +15 more
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Renal AA-amyloidosis in intravenous drug users - a role for HIV-infection? [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Chronic renal disease is a serious complication of long-term intravenous drug use (IVDU). Recent reports have postulated a changing pattern of underlying nephropathy over the last decades.
Grützmacher, Peter, Oliver Jung, Christoph Stephan, Markus Bickel, Peter Gruetzmacher, Kerstin Amann, Hans Stefan Haack, Jung, Oliver, Haack, Hans Stefan, Büttner, Maike, Stephan, Christoph, Bickel, Markus, Amann, Kerstin, Amann, Kerstin Ute, Betz, Christoph, Maike Buettner, Haack, Hans S., Christoph Betz   +17 more
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Navigating the Complex Web of Prescribing Amyloidosis Therapeutics: A Primer

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Advancement in the diagnosis and treatment of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy has made great strides in recent years. Novel therapeutics for transthyretin amyloidosis such as tafamidis, patisiran, and inotersen have shown significant benefits in a ...
Hongya Chen, Pranav Chandrashekar, Katherine Fischer, Dayna Carlson, Urja Narayan, Jack Chen, Ahmad Masri   +6 more
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A case report of pulmonary amyloidosis recognized by detection of AA amyloid exclusively in alveolar macrophages [PDF]

, 2020
Amyloidosis is a rare condition in which tissue deposits of inert fibrillar protein result in organ damage and dysfunction. There are several types of amyloid fibrils.
Bychkov, Andrey, Tanaka, Kei, Mukae, Hiroshi, Fukuoka, Junya, Ando, Kouji, Zaizen, Yoshiaki, Ishimoto, Hiroshi, Tabata, Kazuhiro, Miyazaki, Yasushi, Laohawetwanit, Thiyaphat   +9 more
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