Individualized Approach to Management of Light Chain Amyloidosis

G Palladini, P Milani - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer …, 2023 - jnccn.org
Systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis is caused by a B-cell (most commonly plasma cell)
clone that produces a toxic light chain that forms amyloid fibrils in tissues and causes …

Diagnosis and management of systemic light chain AL amyloidosis

D Bhutani, S Lentzsch - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
AL amyloidosis is a plasma cell disorder leading to the production and extracellular
deposition of abnormal immunoglobulin light chains called amyloid. The pathogenesis of the …

[HTML][HTML] Light chain amyloidosis presenting as a septic shock: a case report and review of literature

T Bazzi, K Kropman, M Benjamin, A Al-Rammahi - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a plasma cell dyscrasia that results in an overproduction of
immunoglobulins of the lambda or kappa light chains. These monoclonal ALs begin to form …

[HTML][HTML] AL amyloidosis: development of a conceptual model and a symptom diary

E Flood, D Seldin, AM Hui, D Berg, HM Lin - Blood, 2013 - Elsevier
Introduction Amyloidosis is a very rare blood disease characterized by the production of
abnormal misfolded extracellular proteins that are deposited in body tissues or organs …

Indications for high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support in patients with systemic amyloid light chain amyloidosis

SO Schonland, JB Perz, M Hundemer… - …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Systemic amyloid light chain amyloidosis is a protein conformation disorder caused by a
clonal plasma cell dyscrasia. Symptoms result from fibrillar extracellular deposits in kidney …

High dose therapy for light chain amyloidosis: Can we reduce treatment related mortality further?

M Dimopoulos, E Kastritis - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Immunoglobulinh light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by
the overproduction and tissue deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains which …

Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis: from basics to new developments in diagnosis, prognosis and therapy

E Muchtar, FK Buadi, A Dispenzieri, MA Gertz - Acta haematologica, 2016 - karger.com
Immunoglobulin amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is the most common form of systemic
amyloidosis, where the culprit amyloidogenic protein is immunoglobulin light chains …

Supportive care in AL amyloidosis

MT Cibeira, JT Ortiz-Pérez, LF Quintana… - Acta …, 2020 - karger.com
Immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a systemic disease characterized by the
production and deposition of light chain-derived amyloid fibrils in different organs. Prompt …

High-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis: recent trends in treatment-related mortality and 1-year survival at a single institution

DC Seldin, N Andrea, I Berenbaum, JL Berk, L Connors… - Amyloid, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Treatment with high-dose melphalan chemotherapy supported by hematopoietic rescue with
autologous stem cells produces high rates of hematologic responses and improvement in …

Marked progress in AL amyloidosis survival: a 40-year longitudinal natural history study

A Staron, L Zheng, G Doros, LH Connors… - Blood cancer …, 2021 - nature.com
The recent decades have ushered in considerable advancements in the diagnosis and
treatment of systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis. As disease outcomes improve, AL …