Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
"Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nonproliferative disorder of the PLASMA CELL characterized by excessive production and misfolding of IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS that form insoluble amyloid fibrils (see AMYLOID DEPOSITS) in various tissues. Clinical features include LIVER FAILURE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY, and neuropathies.
| Descriptor ID |
D000075363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.595.250 C18.452.845.500.550 C20.683.515.507 C20.683.780.565
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| Concept/Terms |
Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis- Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
- Immunoglobulin Light chain Amyloidosis
- Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidoses
- Amyloidosis, Primary
- AL Amyloidosis
- AL Amyloidoses
- Primary Systemic Amyloidosis
- Amyloidoses, Primary Systemic
- Amyloidosis, Primary Systemic
- Primary Systemic Amyloidoses
- Systemic Amyloidoses, Primary
- Systemic Amyloidosis, Primary
- Amyloidosis, Immunoglobulin Light-chain
- Amyloidosis, Immunoglobulin Light chain
- Primary Amyloidosis
- Amyloidoses, Primary
- Primary Amyloidoses
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis" by people in Profiles.
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A case of isolated amyloid light-chain amyloidosis of the radial nerve. J Neurosurg. 2016 09; 125(3):598-602.