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Diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment, and prognosis of hereditary fibrinogen A alpha-chain amyloidosis.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Feb 2009
Gillmore Julian D, Lachmann Helen J, Rowczenio Dorota, Gilbertson Janet A, Zeng Cai-Hong, Liu Zhi-Hong, Li Lei-Shi, Wechalekar Ashutosh, Hawkins Philip N
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the fibrinogen A alpha-chain gene are the most common cause of hereditary renal amyloidosis in the United Kingdom. Previous reports of fibrinogen A alpha-chain amyloidosis have been in isolated kindreds, usually in the context of a novel amyloidogenic mutation. Here, we describe 71 patients with fibrinogen amyloidosis, who were prospectively studied at the UK National Amyloidosis Centre. Median age...
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