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Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Patients Aged 70 to 75

Abstract

Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) has been used in treatment for immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis for over 2 decades and is generally reserved for patients younger than 70 years. Herein we report on outcomes of ASCT in a cohort of patients with AL amyloidosis aged 70 years or older. Between August of 2002 and April of 2017, 34 patients aged 70 years or older, with biopsy-proven AL amyloidosis, received an ASCT at the Mayo …

Authors

Sidiqi MH; Aljama MA; Muchtar E; Buadi FK; Warsame R; Lacy MQ; Dispenzieri A; Dingli D; Leung N; Gonsalves WI

Journal

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Vol. 24, No. 10, pp. 2157–2159

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

October 2018

DOI

10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.06.017

ISSN

2666-6367