New Criteria for Response to Treatment in Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Based on Free Light Chain Measurement and Cardiac Biomarkers: Impact on Survival Outcomes

Palladini, Giovanni; Dispenzieri, Angela; A. Gertz, Morie; Kumar, Shaji; Wechalekar, Ashutosh; N. Hawkins, Philip; Schönland, Stefan; Hegenbart, Ute; Comenzo, Raymond; Kastritis, Efstathios; A. Dimopoulos, Meletios; Jaccard, Arnaud; Klersy, Catherine; Merlini, Giampaolo

doi:10.1200/jco.2011.37.7614

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New Criteria for Response to Treatment in Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Based on Free Light Chain Measurement and Cardiac Biomarkers: Impact on Survival Outcomes

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Giovanni Palladini

Angela Dispenzieri

Morie A. Gertz

Abstract

Purpose To identify the criteria for hematologic and cardiac response to treatment in immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis based on survival analysis of a large patient population. Patients and Methods We gathered for analysis 816 patients with AL amyloidosis from seven referral centers in th...

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