A population-based cohort study of the epidemiology of light-chain amyloidosis in Taiwan

Abstract The incidence rate of AL (light-chain) amyloidosis is not known in Asia. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Taiwan National Healthcare Insurance Research database and Death Registry to estimate incidence and all-cause case fatality rates, and characteristics of patients wit...

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Main Authors: Hsin-An Hou, Chao-Hsiun Tang, Choo Hua Goh, Shih-Pei Shen, Kuan-Chih Huang, Hong Qiu, Sarah Siggins, Lee Anne Rothwell, Yanfang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18990-3