Marco Basset, Stefan O Schönland, Laura Obici, Janine Günther, Eloisa Riva, Tobias Dittrich, Paolo Milani, Virginia Valeria Ferretti, Ettore Pasquinucci, Andrea Foli, Christoph Kimmich, Martina Nanci, Claudia Bellofiore, Francesca Benigna, Jörg Beimler, Pietro Benvenuti, Francesca Fabris, Roberta Mussinelli, Mario Nuvolone, Catherine Klersy, Riccardo Albertini, Giampaolo Merlini, Ute Hegenbart, Giovanni Palladini, Norbert Blank
BACKGROUND: The kidney is involved in almost 100% of cases of AA amyloidosis, a rare disease caused by persistent inflammation with long overall survival but frequent progression to end-stage kidney failure . Identification of patients with advanced disease at diagnosis is difficult, given the absence of validated staging systems. METHODS: Newly diagnosed patients with AA amyloidosis from the Pavia (n=233, testing cohort) and Heidelberg (n=243, validation cohort) centers were included in the study...
March 21, 2024: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN