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Renal amyloidosis causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The exact cause of renal amyloidiosis has not been identified. Most commonly causes of majority of the cases in renal amyloidosis idiopathic. Other causes include amyloidosis secondary to diseases such as tuberculosis, familial Mediterranean fever, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple myeloma or amyloidic mutations of transthyretin and fibrinogen protein.
Causes
Causes
Common Causes
In renal amyloidosis, most common causes include:[1]
- Idiopathic ( Primary (AL) amyloidosis )
- Amyloidosis secondary to:
Less Common Causes
In renal amyloidosis, less common causes include:[2]
- .Hereditary amyloidosis due to amyloidogenic mutations:
- Transthyretin (TTR) (most common inherited mutation)
- Fibrinogen
- Apolipoprotein A1
- Apolipoprotein A2
- Lysozyme
- Gelsolin genes
References
References
- ↑ Said SM, Sethi S, Valeri AM, Leung N, Cornell LD, Fidler ME, Herrera Hernandez L, Vrana JA, Theis JD, Quint PS, Dogan A, Nasr SH (September 2013). “Renal amyloidosis: origin and clinicopathologic correlations of 474 recent cases”. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 8 (9): 1515–23. doi:10.2215/CJN.10491012. PMC 3805078. PMID 23704299.
- ↑ Mahmood S, Palladini G, Sanchorawala V, Wechalekar A (February 2014). “Update on treatment of light chain amyloidosis”. Haematologica. 99 (2): 209–21. doi:10.3324/haematol.2013.087619. PMC 3912950. PMID 24497558.
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