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What is AL amyloidosis? The term 'amyloidosis' is a general term used for a group of conditions where an abnormal protein, called amyloid, accumulates in the…
AL Amyloidosis and Agent Orange Veterans who develop AL amyloidosis and were exposed to Agent Orange or other herbicides during military service do not have to…
Dysphagia is an uncommon presentation of systemic immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis with multiple myeloma (MM). Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement usually…
An elderly Caucasian man presented with a 10-month history of proximal myopathy and dysphagia. His serum creatine kinase (CK) was elevated at 877 U/L (normal 40-320…
Systemic AL amyloidosis is a plasma cell dyscrasia with a characteristic clinical phenotype caused by multi-organ deposition of an amyloidogenic monoclonal protein…