We believe that we identified most patients—but not necessarily every patient—treated at BUMC from 1977 until 2006 for biopsy-confirmed renal AL amyloidosis or LCDD. Fourth, AL amyloidosis is ...

Progression of the amyloidosis of the graft was confirmed by a renal biopsy in 1993. Data published in the literature indicate that the survival rate of amyloidotic graft recipients is worse than ...

The most common nonfamilial forms of amyloidosis that involve the kidney are the AL (amyloid light chain) and AA (serum amyloid A) types. These two forms require different treatment strategies ...

Despite the use of real-time ultrasound and spring-loaded biopsy needles, the frequency of clinically significant bleeding after kidney biopsy is approximately 3–12%, with up to 6% of all ...

PARAMYLOIDOSIS (or primary amyloidosis)1 is a rare condition, only about 70 cases having been reported in the literature. Paramyloid deposition is widespread in the body, and as a result its clinic ...