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Amyloidosis is a group of disease characterized by the extracellular deposition of the fi brils called amyloid in various organs. Progressive organ dysfunction is seen in the systemic form. It may infi ltrate various end...

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate the clinical and laboratory findings of patients with AAamyloidosis. MATERIAL and METHODS: Fifty-nine patients with AA-amyloidosis were included in this study. The patients were d...

Primary lymphedema is a rare disease caused by a disorder of lymphatic system. Clinical presentation and age at onset are variable. AA amyloidosis is usually due to chronic inflammatory diseases, malignant tumors or less...

Amyloidosis is a disorder characterized by accumulation of B sheet misfolded proteinosis, amorph material at extracellular matrix. Amyloidosis is a serious disease that can cause mortality and severe morbidity with organ...

Jeffrey A Thompson,1 Ankita Gupta,2 Julia Catini,3 Pedro A Laires4,5 1Global Health Outcomes and Economics Research, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, Boston, MA, USA; 2Optum, New Delhi, India; 3Global Medical Affairs, ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefullnes of low dose ACTH stimulation test for both assesment of adrenal function and determination mild adrenal insufficiency, and to determine adrenal gland sizes radi...

A review of the literature revealed secondary amyloidosis (AA) associated with lung cancer in only 14 cases. With respect to the histological subtype, 8 of the cases were squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).Herein, we describe...

OBJECTIVE: Amyloidosis is a chronic disease associated with proteinuria and can progress to renal failure. The diagnosis and treatment of the underlying cause is therefore important. In this study at a university hospi...

Renal amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is one of the systemic etiologies of nephrotic syndrome (NS) in adults. Chronic inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, familial periodic fever syndromes, spondyloarthropa...

ABSTRACT Background Hereditary transthyretin‐mediated amyloidosis (hATTR) is a disorder that affects several body systems and can result in life‐threatening conditions like cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy. For trea...

Materias / palabras clave: lichen amyloidosis; amyloidosis; lichen

In this study, cases with secondary amyloidosis due to rheumatic diseases were investigated retrospectively. Sixteen female, 14 male (mean age, 34±15 years) total 30 cases were included into the study. The number of cas...

Key Points. Almyloid light chain amyloid patients post autologous stem cell transplantation with higher eGFR was not associated with better progression-free survival but was associated with increased overall survival (OS...

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Tuberculosis (Tbc) continues to threaten humanity. Amyloidosis is one of the most common complication of Tbc. Proteinuria can be observed during the clinical follow-up and it may mimic nephrotic syndrome. In this case re...

In this report, by the guidance of Turkish and international literature, the features of FMF disease in Turkish patients and the advances in related with thi disease Turkish Medicine were presented. FMF is an autosomal r...

Abstract Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is linked to cardiovascular outcomes such as cardiac amyloidosis, but prior studies with limited scope leave uncertainty about its role as an marker of other major cardiovascular dis...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a monogenic autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in the MEFV gene, resulting in recurrent inflammatory episodes and a risk of developing amyloido...

Peritonitis associated with gram-negative bacteria presents difficulties in the follow-up of patients with chronic peritoneal dialysis. Especially in perionitis related to Pseudomonas spp., treatment becomes difficult an...

OBJECTIVE: The distribution of renal diseases varies from center to center with respect to race, geographical area and biopsy indications. In this retrospective study we examined renal biopsies performed during a 5-yea...