Serum amyloid A renal amyloidosis in a chronic subcutaneous ("skin popping") heroin user

• मुख्य लेखकों: Chad Cooper (लेखक), Jorge E. Bilbao (लेखक), Sarmad Said (लेखक), Haider Alkhateeb (लेखक), Jorge Bizet (लेखक), Ahmed Elfar (लेखक), Olinamyr Davalos (लेखक), Ana T. Meza (लेखक), German T. Hernandez (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention, 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background: Systemic AA amyloidosis is a long-term complication of several chronic inflammatory disorders. Organ damage results from the extracellular deposition of proteolytic fragments of the acute-phase reactant serum amyloid A (SAA) as amyloid fibrils. Drug users that inject drug by a subcutaneo...