Dialysis amyloidosis: clinical aspects and therapeutic approach
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Dialysis amyloidosis: clinical aspects and therapeutic approach.
Long-term survival of patients with chronic renal failure treated with regular haemodialysis has recently been recognized to be associated with peculiar complications which involve the osteoarticular system [1]. Such complications are related to a new form of systemic amyloidosis which is due to /?2-microglobulin (/J2-M), a protein which is catabolized by normal kidneys and accumulates when ren...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/11.supp3.102