Infertility and Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism as First Evidence of Hereditary Apolipoprotein A-I Amyloidosis
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Renal apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis: a rare and usually ignored cause of hereditary tubulointerstitial nephritis.
Apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis is a rare, late-onset, autosomal dominant condition characterized by systemic deposition of amyloid in tissues, the major clinical problems being related to renal, hepatic, and cardiac involvement. Described is the clinical and histologic picture of renal involvement as a result of apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis in five families of Italian ancestry. In all of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Urology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-5347,1527-3792
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.005