A case of primary (AL) amyloidosis with predominantly vascular amyloid deposition in the kidney.

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Published in CEN Case Rep on December 02, 2014

Authors

Yoichi Murakami1, Soken Hattori2, Fumiko Sugiyama2, Kazuyuki Yoshikawa2, Takeshi Sugiura2, Hideki Matsushima2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nephrology, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, 3453 Mitakahara-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 433-8558, Japan. ymurakami-ryk@umin.org.
2: Department of Nephrology, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, 3453 Mitakahara-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 433-8558, Japan.

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