Amyloid and related disorders : surgical pathology and clinical correlations /: surgical pathology and clinical correlations. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maria M. Picken, Ahmet Dogan, Guillermo A. Herrera, editors.
• Editors: Picken, Maria M; MD, Herrera, Guillermo A; Doğan, Ahmet
• Contents: Dedication; Preface (Second Edition); Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Introduction/General; 1: Aspects of the History and Nomenclature of Amyloid and Amyloidosis; A Short History of Amyloid; Biochemical Nature of Amyloid; Diagnosis of Amyloidosis; Nomenclature; What Is Amyloid?; Older Nomenclatures; Modern Amyloid Nomenclature; References; 2: Amyloid Diseases at the Molecular Level: General Overview and Focus on AL Amyloidosis; General Overview; What Makes a Protein Amyloidogenic?; Common Constituents of Amyloid Deposits; Amyloid Structure. Amyloid Formation: From Monomers to Fibrils Kinetics of Fibril Formation; Organ Tropism; Mechanisms of Tissue Damage; Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis (AL); The Amyloidogenic Clone; Genetics of Amyloidogenic Light Chains; Structural Features of Amyloidogenic Light Chains; Mechanisms of Toxicity; Organ Tropism in AL Amyloidosis; Clinical Manifestations; Clinical Approach; References; 3: AA Amyloidosis; AA Amyloidosis in Rheumatic Disease; The Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases; Monogenic Autoinflammatory Diseases; Familial Mediterranean Fever. Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor- Associated Periodic Syndrome Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Fever Syndromes; Hyper IgD Syndrome; Other Monogenic Autoinflammatory Diseases; Polygenic and Complex Autoinflammatory Disease; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Sarcoidosis and Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy; AA Amyloidosis and Obesity; Summary; References; 4: Leukocyte Cell-Derived Chemotaxin 2 Amyloidosis (ALECT2); Introduction; Overview of LECT2 Biology and ALECT2 Pathogenesis; Renal ALECT2 Amyloidosis; Hepatic ALECT2 Amyloidosis; Conclusions; References. Radiological ImagingPlain X-Rays; Scintigraphy; Ultrasonography; X-Ray Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Tissue Biopsy; Treatment; Supportive Treatment; Specific Treatment; Prevention; Dialysis Modality; Ultrapure Dialysate; Conclusion; References; 7: Localized Amyloidoses and Amyloidoses Associated with Aging Outside the Central Nervous System; Introduction; Localized AL Amyloidosis; Amyloid in Endocrine Organs and Tumors; Islet of Langerhans; Parathyroid Glands; Amyloid in the Cardiac Atria; Pituitary Gland; Amyloid in Endocrine Tumors.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: New York : Humana Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.3/995; Medicine; Amyloidosis; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Amyloidosis; Medical -- Nephrology; Medical -- Oncology; Renal medicine & nephrology; Oncology; Pathology; Nephrology; Oncology ; Medical -- Pathology; Pathology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319192949; 3319192949
• Related ISBNs: 9783319192932
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 20, 2015).
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