AL-amyloidosis in monoclonal gammopathies

AL-amyloidosis in monoclonal gammopathies

Clinica Medica IV, Universita di Firenze, Italy. Sixty-two patients affected by MGUS underwent fat tissue aspirate examination for diagnosis of AL amyloidosis. Nine out of the 62 were found to be Congo red positive. MGUS had already been diagnosed for quite a long time in about 60% of these patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:Haematologica (Roma) 1994-07, Vol.79 (4), p.364-366
Hauptverfasser: Miliani, A, Bergesio, F
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Amyloidosis - diagnosis
Amyloidosis - epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Paraproteinemias - diagnosis
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Clinica Medica IV, Universita di Firenze, Italy. Sixty-two patients affected by MGUS underwent fat tissue aspirate examination for diagnosis of AL amyloidosis. Nine out of the 62 were found to be Congo red positive. MGUS had already been diagnosed for quite a long time in about 60% of these patients, while this prevalence decreased to 24% among the Congo red negative patients. The follow-up of the positive patients is reported.
ISSN:0390-6078
1592-8721