Dan Lier has light chain (AL) amyloidosis—the most common form of amyloidosis. Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews former college basketball player Dan Lier, a ...

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New research indicates that obinutuzumab is a potentially effective and cost-effective treatment for patients with rituximab-resistant AAV. Obinutuzumab therapy demonstrated immunological superiority ...

The patient’s RA was managed with leflunomide and etanercept for the past 5 years. Researchers from the US presented the case of a patient with transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) ...

The expression of AQP4 In the respiratory epithelium suggests that lung involvement might be an unrecognized feature of NMOSD. Patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) should be ...

The primary goals of AI personalization were to improve onboarding, boost medication initiation and adherence, and enhance physician follow-up. AllazoHealth’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ...

Higher macrophage density in the tubulointerstitium was associated with progression to end-stage kidney disease. A new study has evaluated the density and prognostic significance of CD68+ macrophages ...

Dried blood spot screening is potentially a powerful tool for screening HAE in at-risk populations. An outreach program using dried blood spot (DBS) tests is a promising strategy to overcome family ...

Overall, 80.9% of patients were in complete remission 1 year after diagnosis irrespective of GPA or MPA cases (79.7% vs 83.8%, respectively). The therapeutic armamentarium for individuals with ...

Participants who developed certain malignancies such as Richter’s Syndrome and therapy-related myeloid cancers had the poorest prognosis. Individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small ...

Immunohistochemistry analyses detected a correlation between increased CDK1 expression and higher levels of LDH, a key indicator of greater disease severity in DLBCL. Higher levels of CDK1 expression ...

This unique case underscores the importance of meticulous prenatal and postnatal immunologic workup when alloimmune conditions are suspected. A 37-year-old multiparous woman with RhD alloimmunization ...