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Amyloidosis Treatment - Articles
New Therapies for Systemic Amyloidosis
by
Matt S.
Posted
Wed 14 Jan 2009 12:00am
Systemic amyloidosis can involve nearly any organ, and the kidney is often involved. Recall that there are two flavors of amyloidosis: AL amyloidosis (in which the amyloid is formed by light chains as a result of a paraproteinemia) or AA amyloidosis (in which a chronic inflammatory condition, such as rheumatoid arthritis, leads to the excess
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: Sarcoidosis, Scleroderma, Amyloidosis, Hemachromatosis
by
Jan
Posted
Fri 27 Nov 2009 10:03pm
By S. Lubitz, S. Goldbarg, D. Mehta
Sarcoidosis, scleroderma, amyloidosis, and hemachromatosis are systemic infiltrative disorders that commonly affect the heart. Owing... been associated with sudden cardiac death. In this review, we summarize the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of each of these entities.
We place
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Beta-2 Microglobulin Amyloidosis
by
Matt S.
Posted
Wed 06 Aug 2008 12:00am
The two major forms of amyloidosis are AL amyloidosis (in which light chains form the amyloid deposits) and AA amyloidosis (in which a variety of inflammatory molecules may adopt a beta-pleated structure to deposit as amyloid.
A specific subset of AA amyloidosis which is secondary to dialysis is beta-2 microglobulin amyloidosis. Beta-2
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Digital Case Challenge: Pleuropulmonary amyloidosis
by
Mark Pool, MD
Posted
Wed 26 May 2010 12:52pm
and polarization (below).
Pulmonary Amyloidosis
Pulmonary amyloidosis includes a spectrum of clinicopathologic entities that commonly have deposition of amorphous, eosinophilic... with pulmonary amyloidosis:
Systemic or Generalized
Limited or Localized
Diffuse Alveolar Septal
Pleural
Systemic amyloidosis may be primary (idiopathic) and associated
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Hereditary Amyloidosis
by
Matt S.
Posted
Tue 17 Jun 2008 12:00am
fever (FMF) or Muckle-Wells Syndrome, and the reason these individuals may get renal disease is due to AA amyloidosis. Patients with TRAPS can (logically enough) be treated
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Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease
by
Terry S.
Posted
Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:06am
Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease
Beiru Zhang*†, Yumi Une‡, Xiaoying Fu*, Jingmin Yan*, FengXia Ge*, Junjie Yao... Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and approved April 1, 2008 (received for review January 16, 2008)
AA amyloidosis is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality
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October 7, 2009 - Day 170
by
dezwit
Posted
Wed 07 Oct 2009 10:03pm
several months of misdiagnoses) with Primary AL Cardiac Amyloidosis.
Tim chose The Boston University Amyloidosis Treatment and Research Center as the facility he wanted to treat... and become numb to the world around me, a weekly occurrence these days.
The ups and downs of this treatment are just a little hard to bear sometimes because they just never seem
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August 24, 2009 - Day 126
by
dezwit
Posted
Tue 25 Aug 2009 7:28pm
September 8, 2009 is the new launch date for the journey into the wild blue unknown of amyloidosis treatment.
We met today with Dr. Schwarzberg to discuss the new regimen... Amyloid Treatment and Research Program and Dr. Rosemary O'Connell, Internal Medicine of BU.
I consider myself very lucky to have such competent medical professionals in my corner
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A few days after talc pleurodesis
by
Jim Allen
Posted
Tue 04 Aug 2009 7:38pm
they had for me was in the IU Hospital. Typical hospital room - I have been in plenty for Jill's amyloidosis treatment, stem cell transplant and ongoing treatment.
Turns out that I... the various side effects from cancer treatments.
I've now had Saturday, Sunday and Monday mostly sitting around in my hospital room. Watching TV. Blogging. Answering emails - both work
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