Heroin Use Is Associated with AA-Type Kidney Amyloidosis in the Pacific Northwest.

Arjun SharmaPriyanka GovindanMirna ToukatlyJack HealyConnor HenrySteve SenterBehzad NajafianBryan Kestenbaum

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2018)

Injection heroin use is strongly associated with kidney AA amyloidosis in the Pacific Northwest. Unique aspects of heroin use, in particular geographic regions or frequent associated soft-tissue infections, may be an important cause of this progressive kidney disease.

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