Hemodialysis-Related Amyloidosis in the Tongue

• Main Authors: Satoshi Nakamura (Author), Miki Yamada (Author), Yosuke Iijima (Author), Keisuke Sawada (Author), Shunsuke Hino (Author), Takahiro Kaneko (Author), Norio Horie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA) represents a group of relatively rare disorders characterized by the systemic extracellular deposition of insoluble fibrils of amyloid protein in long-term dialysis patients. We describe herein a case of relatively early DRA on the tongue of a long-term dialysis pa...