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Immunoglobulin D lambda multiple myeloma and amyloidosis with predominant soft tissue involvement
Amyloid The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders, 11/01/07

Bahat, G., et al. - Multiple myeloma (MM) is associated with amyloidosis in approximately 15% of the patients. The most frequent presenting signs of such an association are nephrotic syndrome, cardiomyopathy and peripheral neuropathy. Amyloid arthropathy is not a frequent feature. We report a patient with immunoglobulin D (IgD) lambda type MM with presenting symptoms related to mucocutaneous amyloidosis and also amyloid arthropathy. He had no clinical and laboratory involvement due to nephrotic syndrome or cardiomyopathy

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Clinical features and functional significance of the P369S/ R408Q variant in pyrin, the familial Mediterranean fever protein
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, 12/11/09

MEFV mutations in Egyptian patients suffering from familial Mediterranean fever: analysis of 12 gene mutations
Rheumatology International, 10/16/09

Classification of amyloidosis by laser microdissection and mass spectrometry based proteomic analysis in clinical biopsy specimens
Blood, 10/09/09

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Rheumatic heart disease and its control in the Pacific
Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy , 12/15/09

Is There a Role for B-cell Depletion as Therapy for Scleroderma? A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 12/15/09

Heart rate turbulence assessment in systemic sclerosis: The role for the detection of cardiac autonomic nervous system dysfunction
Rheumatology, 12/11/09

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