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

The clinical utility and prognostic value of multiparameter flow cytometry immunophenotyping in light-chain amyloidosis

(2011) B. Paiva et al.   BLOOD

Discordance between serum cardiac biomarker and immunoglobulin-free light-chain response in patients with immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis treated with immune modulatory drugs

(2010) Angela Dispenzieri et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY

Changes in serum-free light chain rather than intact monoclonal immunoglobulin levels predicts outcome following therapy in primary amyloidosis

(2010) Shaji K. Kumar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY

Assessment of disease severity and outcome in patients with systemic light-chain amyloidosis by the high-sensitivity troponin T assay

(2010) A. V. Kristen et al.   BLOOD

The combination of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) at presentation and changes in N-terminal natriuretic peptide type B (NT-proBNP) after chemotherapy best predicts survival in AL amyloidosis

(2010) G. Palladini et al.   BLOOD

Serum immunoglobulin free light-chain measurement in primary amyloidosis: prognostic value and correlations with clinical features

(2010) S. Kumar et al.   BLOOD

Treatment with intravenous melphalan and dexamethasone is not able to overcome the poor prognosis of patients with newly diagnosed systemic light chain amyloidosis and severe cardiac involvement

(2010) S. Dietrich et al.   BLOOD

Identification of Amyloidogenic Light Chains Requires the Combination of Serum-Free Light Chain Assay with Immunofixation of Serum and Urine

(2009) G. Palladini et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Appraisal of immunoglobulin free light chain as a marker of response

(2008) A. Dispenzieri et al.   BLOOD

Biochemistry of B-type natriuretic peptide – where are we now?

(2008) Johannes Mair   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE

Evaluation of the serum-free light chain test in untreated patients with AL amyloidosis

(2008) T. Bochtler et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA