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Disease amyloidosis
Phenotype C0033687|proteinuria
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PubMedID- 25929920 Renal involvement is the most frequent manifestation of al amyloidosis, with proteinuria, mainly composed of albumin, being detected in 55% of patients at presentation.3 combined glomerular and vascular amyloid deposits are common, whereas restricted vessel involvement is observed in <10% of kidney biopsy specimens and is usually associated with low level of proteinuria.4 in the present case, the renal presentation was very unusual with hematuria, loin pain, and acute renal failure related to multiple renal infarcts.
PubMedID- 25918613 Estimation of daily proteinuria in patients with amyloidosis by using the protein-to-creatinine ratio in random urine samples.
PubMedID- 22833808 These reports describe clinical and pathologic features of two cases of aa amyloidosis presenting with proteinuria and focal involvement of the renal allograft.
PubMedID- 23225818 Since oshima, et al.6 first reported hematuria and proteinuria associated with bd, aa-type amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis, and renal vascular disease have been accepted as renal manifestations of bd.2,3 according to a previous report,3 the types of renal involvement among 253 cases of renal bd patients were determined to be amyloidosis (n=108; 42.7%), glomerulonephritis (n=88; 34.8%), renal macroscopic/microscopic vascular disease (n=55; 21.7%), and interstitial nephritis (n=5; 2.0%).
PubMedID- 23970817 In some cases, proteinuria due to amyloidosis disappears while treatment with colchicine [37].
PubMedID- 23171281 Amount of proteinuria was higher in patients with renal aa-amyloidosis as compared to those with other types of renal disease (p=0.021).

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