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Hepatic amyloidosis with light chain deposition disease. A rare association.
, 2000 Monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition diseases are due to pathological protein deposition in various tissues and organs. Protein deposits may be found in a single tissue or systemically and the organs most frequently involved are kidney, heart, peripheral
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Current Problems in Cancer: Case ReportsWaldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma with lymphoplasmacytic morphology, associated with immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal gammopathy. The coexistence of WM and immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is an
Piotr Jachimowski +5 more
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Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis diagnosis and treatment algorithm 2018
, 2018 Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) should be considered in any patient that presents to a cancer care provider with nephrotic range proteinuria, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, non-diabetic peripheral neuropathy, unexplained ...
Morie A. Gertz
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, 2005 We undertook this study to develop uniformly accepted criteria for the definition of organ involvement and response for patients on treatment protocols for immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL).
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Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis [PDF]
Systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare protein misfolding and deposition disorder. Clonal plasma cells or rarely B cells produce immunoglobulin light chains with the potential to misfold.
Minnema, Monique +4 more
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Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis
, 2014 Primary light chain amyloidosis is the most common form of systemic amyloidosis and is caused by misfolded light chains that cause proteotoxicity and rapid decline of vital organ function.
Gertz MA +4 more
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Diagnosing Light Chain Amyloidosis on Temporal Artery Biopsies for Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis
, 2017 Although still rarely diagnosed, amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is the most common form of systemic amyloidosis. It is characterized by misfolded monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain fragments that accumulate extracellularly as amyloid fibrils ...
Rosanna A. M. Ghinai; Shameem Mahmood; Pinias Mukonoweshuro; Sally Webber; Ashutosh D. Wechalekar; Sally E. Moore
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A case of pulmonary transthyretin amyloidosis with concurrent mycobacterial tuberculosis infection
Respirology Case ReportsAmyloidosis is a pathological deposition disease that causes a spectrum of organ dysfunction. Pulmonary involvement is generally associated with immunoglobulin light chain type (AL) amyloid. Transthyretin (ATTR) amyloid build up in the lung is thought to
Hanson Siu +5 more
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Journal of Blood Medicine, 2019 Shayna Sarosiek, Vaishali Sanchorawala Amyloidosis Center, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence: Shayna Sarosiek; Vaishali SanchorawalaAmyloidosis Center, Boston University School of Medicine and ...
Sarosiek S, Sanchorawala V
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Nutritional status of outpatients with systemic immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis
, 2006 Background: Maintenance of a good nutritional status is associated with prolonged survival in many chronic diseases. To date, the nutritional status of outpatients with immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis has not been evaluated.
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