Kyle, RA.

Amyloidosis: The Last Three Centuries.
Amyloid and Amyloidosis. (Bely, M, Apathy, A eds). Hungary, 2001, p10-13.
Description: Historical review of amyloidosis.

Buxbaum, JN, Chuba, JV, Hellman, GC, Solomon A, Gallo GR.

Monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease: Light chain and light and heavy chain deposition diseases and their relation to light chain amyloidosis. Clinical features, immunopathology, and molecular analysis.
Ann Intern Med 1990; 112:455-64.
Description: Early description of immunoglobulin deposition disease.
PubMed citation number: 10774481

Merlini, G, Bellotti, V.

Mechanisms of disease: Molecular mechanisms of amyloidosis.
N Engl J Med 2003; 349:583-96.
Description: A review of the molecular mechanisms underlying amyloidosis.
PubMed citation number: 12904524

Kyle, RA, Gertz, MA.

Primary systemic amyloidosis: clinical and laboratory features in 474 cases.
Semin Hematol 1995; 32:45-59.
Description: Largest reported series of patients with amyloidosis.

Lachmann, HJ, Booth, DR, Booth, SE.

Misdiagnosis of hereditary amyloidosis as AL (primary) amyloidosis.
N Engl J Med 2002; 346:1786-91.
Description: A review of 350 patients with amyloidosis noting importance of correctly diagnosing type of amyloidosis.
PubMed citation number: 12050338

Duston, MA, Skinner, M, Shirahama, T, Cohen, AS.

Diagnosis of amyloidosis by abdominal fat pad aspiration. Analysis of four years' experience.
Am J Med 1987; 82:412-4.
Description: A review of over 400 patients with fat aspiration demonstrating value of this method in the diagnosis of amyloidosis.
PubMed citation number: 2435149

Kyle, RA, Gertz, MA, Greipp, PR, Witzig TE, Lust JA, Lacy MQ, Therneau TM.

A trial of three regimens for primary amyloidosis: Colchicine alone, melphalan and prednisone, and melphalan, prednisone, and colchicine.
N Engl J Med 1997; 336:1202-7.
Description: Randomized trial favoring melphalan and predinisone for amyloidosis.
PubMed citation number: 9110907

Comenzo, RL, Gertz, MA.

Autologous stem cell transplantation for primary systemic amyloidosis.
Blood 2002; 99:4276-82.
Description: Review of the use of autologous transplant in amyloidosis.
PubMed citation number: 12036853

Dispenzieri, A, Lacy, MQ, Kyle, RA, Dispenzieri A, Lacy MQ, Kyle RA, Therneau TM, Larson DR, Rajkumar SV, Fonseca R, Greipp PR, Witzig TE, Lust JA, Gertz MA.

Eligibility for hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for primary systemic amyloidosis is a favorable prognostic factor for survival.
J Clin Oncol 2001; 19:3350-6.
Description: A retrospective review of patients treated for amyloidosis identifying prognostic factors.
PubMed citation number: 11454882

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