The Florence Register of amyloidosis: 20 years' experience in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease in the Florence district area.

摘要

In order to improve the diagnosis of amyloidosis and allow a standardized therapeutic approach, 20 years ago we created a specific Centre in Florence with a Register dedicated to the disease. A local network was developed including other hospitals in the district of Florence to which patients could be referred. This provided us of a database including 218 patients of whom 195 affected by systemic amyloidosis: primary (AL), secondary (AA), heredofamilial (AF), and undetermined (UD), nine by localized disease and 14 by sub-clinical forms, that is without any signs of organ's involvement.