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ReviewKidney medicine2022

Serum Amyloid A Protein-Associated Kidney Disease: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management.

Jordan Thorne, David Clark, Laurette Geldenhuys, Keigan More, Amanda Vinson, Karthik Tennankore

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Review in Kidney medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Review
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  5. Amyloid Goiter: A Peruvian Case Series.TouchREVIEWS in endocrinology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jordan ThorneDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health.
David ClarkDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health.
Laurette GeldenhuysDivision of Nephrology, Nova Scotia Health.
Keigan MoreDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health.
Amanda VinsonDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health.
Karthik TennankoreDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health.
Nova Scotia Health Authority · CADalhousie University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serum amyloid A protein (AA) amyloidosis, also known as secondary amyloidosis, is a known consequence of chronic inflammation and results from several conditions including inflammatory arthritis, periodic fever syndromes, and chronic infection. AA amyloidosis can lead to multiorgan dysfunction, including changes in glomerular filtration rate and proteinuria. Definitive diagnosis requires tissue biopsy, and management of AA amyloid kidney disease is primarily focused on treating the underlying inflammatory condition to stabilize glomerular filtration rate, reduce proteinuria, and slow potential progression to kidney failure. In this narrative review, we describe the causes, pathophysiology, presentation, and pathologic diagnosis of AA amyloid kidney disease using an illustrative case of biopsy-proven AA amyloid kidney disease in a patient with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis who had a favorable response to interleukin 6 inhibition. We conclude the review with a description of established and more novel therapies for AA amyloidosis including published cases of use of tocilizumab (an interleukin 6 inhibitor) in biopsy-proven AA amyloid kidney disease.

Indexed as

AA amyloidosiskidney biopsynephrotic syndromerheumatoid arthritisserum amyloid A proteintocilizumab

Identifiers

PMID35879979
PMCPMC9307948
OpenAlexW4283524538

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Registered trials

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