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Renal amyloidosis associated with a novel sequence variant of gelsolin.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Jan 2013
Sethi Sanjeev, Theis Jason D, Quint Patrick, Maierhofer William, Kurtin Paul J, Dogan Ahmet, Highsmith Edward W
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We present a case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with progressive kidney failure. Kidney biopsy performed to determine the cause of kidney failure showed amyloidosis of undetermined type. Laser microdissection of the Congo Red-positive glomeruli followed by mass spectrometry studies showed a large number of spectra matching apolipoprotein E, serum amyloid P component, and gelsolin, consistent with a...
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