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Jun 2023
16m 39s

High-Yield Rheumatology: Amyloidosis + A...

Ardalan Vossoughi, MD
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Differential diagnosis and workup of primary versus 2ndary amyloidosis ( including indication for abdominal fat pad versus single-organ biopsy, required workup for plasma-cell dyscrasia in Biopsy-confirmed amyloidosis, Required organ-function tests in Amyloidosis ) as well as management for primary (AL) versus 2ndary (AA) amyloidosis.

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