The Kidney in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A perspective of plasma cell dyscrasias: Clinical implications of monoclonal light chains in renal disease....Pages 3-18
Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of plasma cell myeloma....Pages 19-30
Immunoglobulin synthesis in plasma cell dyscrasias with renal lesions....Pages 31-42
Renal amyloidosis: new perspectives....Pages 45-55
Amyloidogenesis and light chains....Pages 57-66
Physiopathological aspects of plasma cell dyscrasias: A forum....Pages 67-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Glomerular and associated tubular injury by light chains. The spectrum of damage and effect of treatment....Pages 77-84
Effect of light chains on proximal tubule function....Pages 85-92
Pathophysiological aspects of myeloma cast nephropathy....Pages 93-104
Light chain nephrotoxicity: Insights from a rat model of myeloma....Pages 105-115
Light chain-related tubulointerstitial nephropathy....Pages 117-121
The pathogenesis of cast nephropathy....Pages 123-131
Light chain nephrotoxicity: A forum....Pages 133-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Kidney in multiple myeloma and related disorders....Pages 141-151
Histological, histochemical and ultrastructural features of myeloma kidney....Pages 153-169
Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease: Immunopathologic Aspects of Renal Involvement....Pages 171-181
The Glomerulonephritis of Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia....Pages 183-189
Clinical spectrum of tubular disorders from light chains....Pages 191-209
Renal amyloidosis — Retrospective collaborative study....Pages 211-219
Kidney involvement in light chain deposition disease....Pages 221-228
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Some aspects of kidney involvement in plasma cell dyscrasias: A forum....Pages 229-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Controlled trial of plasma exchange in rapidly rogressive renal failure....Pages 237-245
Prevention and treatment of hyperviscosity syndrome....Pages 247-257
Implications of renal failure in multiple myeloma....Pages 259-263
Uraemia in myeloma: management and prognosis....Pages 265-270
Therapeutic prospects in amyloidosis....Pages 271-280
Sundries on therapy of multiple myeloma and amyloidosis and their renal consequences: A forum....Pages 281-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Conclusions....Pages 291-299
Back Matter....Pages 301-306