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The tropism of organ involvement in primary systemic amyloidosis: contributions of Ig V(L) germ line gene use and clonal plasma cell burden.
Blood - 1 Aug 2001
Comenzo R L, Zhang Y, Martinez C, Osman K, Herrera G A
Abstract excerpt
Primary systemic amyloidosis (AL) is a protein conformation disorder in which monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains produced by clonal plasma cells are deposited as amyloid in the kidneys, heart, liver, or other organs. Why patients with AL present with amyloid disease that displays such organ t...
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