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Clinical, morphologic, and genetic features of renal leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 amyloidosis.
Kidney international - 1 Aug 2014
Larsen Christopher P, Kossmann Robert J, Beggs Marjorie L, Solomon Alan, Walker Patrick D
Abstract excerpt
Leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 amyloidosis (ALECT2) is a recently described form of amyloidosis that most frequently manifests clinically with progressive renal failure. In a series of 414 cases of amyloidosis, there were 40 cases of ALECT2: the second most common type of renal amyloidosis in this series. This was particularly common in Hispanic patients in the Southwest United States, where more than half of...
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