BETA(2)-MICROGLOBULIN AMYLOIDOSIS - ILLUSTRATIVE CASES

Authors
PICKEN MM SHEN SL
Citation
Mm. Picken et Sl. Shen, BETA(2)-MICROGLOBULIN AMYLOIDOSIS - ILLUSTRATIVE CASES, Ultrastructural pathology, 18(1-2), 1994, pp. 133-136
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Microscopy,Pathology
Journal title
Ultrastructural pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01913123
Volume
18
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
133 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-3123(1994)18:1-2<133:BA-IC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Patients on long-term dialysis tend to develop amyloidosis derived fro m beta(2)-microglobulin. Serum levels of this protein rise in renal in sufficiency and remain high in patients on dialysis. The distribution of amyloid deposits in such patients as well as tissue diagnosis, immu nohistochemistry, and electron microscopic features are briefly discus sed.