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Renal Involvement in Transthyretin Amyloidosis: The Double Presentation of Transthyretin Amyloidosis Deposition Disease.
Nephron - 1 Jan 2022
Fenoglio Roberta, Baldovino Simone, Barreca Antonella, Bottasso Emanuel, Sciascia Savino, Sbaiz Luca, Papotti Mauro, Roccatello Dario
Abstract excerpt
Transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis (ATTR) is either an inherited condition or a non hereditary disease due to misfolding of wild-type (WT) TTR. Amyloid deposits can be mainly detected in nerves in the inherited form and in myocardium in the acquired variant. Renal involvement has been described only in the Val30Met mutation of the familial form and is thought to be extremely rare in the WT TTR. However, ATTR is...
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