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Systemic amyloidosis of beta 2-microglobulin type: a complication of long-term haemodialysis.

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: A patient receiving long-term haemodialysis developed systemic amyloidosis, which was shown immunohistochemically to be of beta 2-microglobulin type, a previously unrecognised form of systemic amyloidosis. Histologically, the amyloid deposits were closely associated with foci of acute and granulomatous inflammation and vasculitis, although it was not clear if the amyloid deposits directly caused the inflammatory process, or if amyloid was deposited preferentially in areas of inflammation of uncertain aetiology.

Source: Journal of Clinical Pathology

DOI: 10.1136/jcp.40.10.1247

Authors: J M Theaker, A E Raine, A J Rainey, A Heryet, A Clark, D O Oliver

Institutions: John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: University of Oxford, Nuclear Physics