Dialysis Amyloid by Charles V. Ypersele Ypersele Drueke Van - pp. 292

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996. First Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. gilt titles spine & front; illustratwed by b/w. photo's. charts & diagrams; "the term 'amyloidosis' describes a group of diseases characterized by extracellular deposition of a fibrillar protein, amyloid, (Cohen 1967; Glenner et al. 1970). The growing mass of amyloid fibrils associates with plasma and extracellular matrix proteins and proteoglycans to form amyloid deposits. The amyloid deposits bind Congo red stain and. give a green birefringence in polarized light, which is the most common histological criterion used for the presence of amyloid deposits in tissues (Cooper 1974). Characteristic fibrils of 7-10 nm diameter with a random twist are seen using electron microscopy, and a B-pleated sheet configuration is viewed with X-ray crystallography (Cohen and Calkins 1959). Amyloid fibrils are known to be highly insoluble under physiological conditions and resistant to normal… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1996 . hbk 282pp illus no dj as issued fine red cloth boards excellent as new

Oxford University Press, 1996. 1St. Unknown Binding. New/New.

Hardback. New. Amyloidosis is a condition associated with renal dialysis, leading to progressive organ failure, and is of great concern to all clinical nephrologists. This book is aimed at practising nephrologists and will help them successfully to diagnose, relieve, and possibly prevent dialysis-related amyloidosis.