Primary (AL) amyloidosis is the most prevalent type of systemic amyloidosis, and management of this disease has evolved through the years from supportive care to aggressive treatments that include ...

This is a highly conserved invariant plasma glycoprotein that, as a result of specific calcium-dependent binding to all types of amyloid fibril, becomes highly concentrated in amyloid deposits.

Medically reviewed by Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD Hereditary transthyretin (hATTR) amyloidosis is a rare progressive disease ...

Amyloidosis is closely linked to MM. Amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is the most common type of amyloidosis in the United States. Doctors may also refer to AL amyloidosis as primary amyloidosis.

Early clinical diagnosis of an under-recognized form of amyloidosis that causes rapidly progressing polyneuropathy is crucial to improving patient outcomes. Worldwide, the most common mutation ...