Familial renal amyloidosis
Familial renal amyloidosis is a form of amyloidosis primarily presenting in the kidney.
| Familial renal amyloidosis | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Familial visceral amyloidosis, hereditary amyloid nephropathy |
| This condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner | |
| Specialty | Nephrology |
It is associated most commonly with congenital mutations in the fibrinogen alpha chain and classified as a dysfibrinogenemia (see Hereditary Fibrinogen Aα-Chain Amyloidosis). and, less commonly, with congenital mutations in apolipoprotein A1 and lysozyme.
It is also known as "Ostertag" type, after B. Ostertag, who characterized it in 1932 and 1950.
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