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Hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis mimicking Sjögren's syndrome.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Nov 2009
Juusela Pirjo, Tanskanen Maarit, Nieminen Anja, Uitto Veli-Jukka, Blåfield Harri, Kiuru-Enari Sari
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis (AGel amyloidosis) belongs to the wide group of amyloidotic diseases, which comprise various hereditary but also sporadic forms, such as inflammation-associated AA amyloidosis, primary or myeloma-associated AL amyloidosis and common Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes-associated local amyloidoses. AGel amyloidosis caused by a gelsolin G654A gene mutation is autosomally...
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