title: [Diseases associated with renal amyloidosis. Apropos of 216 cases].
abstract: Diseases associated with renal amyloidosis were evaluated in 216 patients observed between 1956 and 1989. The percentage of secondary amyloidosis decreased from 72 to 47%, where it has remained for the past 20 years, despite the clear diminution in the tuberculosis rate; this is due to its increased incidence of association with rheumatoid diseases. Dysglobulinemia was found in more than 75% of the patients with AL amyloidosis. Amyloidosis associated with this dysglobulinemia, of which 30% were myelomatous, represented more than 25% of the cases observed during the past decade and constituted, with rheumatoid arthritis, the two most common etiologies.
authors.affiliation: Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boussema
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labeeuw
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caillette
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zech
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D004406:Dysgammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Maladies associées à l'amylose rénale. A propos de 216 cas.