2001

Akpek G, Lenz G, Lee SM, Sanchorawala V, Wright DG, Colarusso T, Waraska K, Lerner A, Vosburgh E, Skinner M, Comenzo RL:
Immunologic recovery after autologous blood stem cell transpantation in patients with AL-amyloidosis. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 28: 1105-1109, 2001.

Choufani EB, Sanchorawala V, Skinner M, Wright DG, Seldin DC:
Acquired factor X deficiency in patients with AL amyloidosis:  incidence, bleeding manifestations, and response to high dose chemotherapy.  Blood, 97: 1885-1887, 2001.

Chung CM, Connors LH, Benson MB and Walsh MT:
Biophysical analysis of normal transthyretin: implications for fibril formation in senile systemic amyloidosis.  Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders, 8: 75-83, 2001.

Connors LH, Lim A, Prokaeva T, Metayer M, Costello CE, Skinner M:
Familial transthyretin amyloidosis: recent Boston experience. In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp 506-508, 2001.

Costello CE , Lim A, O’Connor PB, Prokaeva T, Connors LH, Skinner M:
Identification of novel transthyretin variants in familial transthyretin amyloidosis by mass spectrometric peptide mapping. In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp.331-333, 2001.

Dember LM, Sanchorawala V, Comenzo RL, Seldin DC, Wright DG, LaValley M, Berk JL, Falk RH, Skinner M:
Effect of intravenous melphalan and autologous blood stem cell transplant on AL amyloidosis-associated renal disease.  Annals of Int Med, 134: 746-753, 2001.

Ellis JM, Prokaeva T, Mulligan N, O’Hara CJ, Connors LH, Skinner M, Seldin DC:
VL gene usage in primary amyloidosis. In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp. 180-182, 2001.

Gorson KC, Hedley-White ET, Skinner M:
A 64-year old woman with peripheral neuropathy, paraproteinemia, and lymphadenopathy.  New Eng J Med, 344: 917-923, 2001.

Liao R, Teller P, Jain M, Connors LH, Skinner M, Falk, RH, Apstein CS:
Acute infusion of Bence Jones protein from patients with amyloidosis causes diastolic dysfunction in isolated mouse hearts.  Circulation, 104:  1594-1597, 2001.

Libbey CA, Connors LH, Swan N, Skinner M:
Abdominal fat tissue aspirate for diagnosis of amyloidosis- 10 year experience. In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp  497-499, 2001.

Lim A, Wally J, Walsh MT, Skinner M, Costello CE:
Detection and characterization of post-translational modifications in amyloidogenic kappa 1 light chain proteins by mass spectrometric peptide mapping. In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp 199-201, 2001.

Lim A, Wally J, Walsh MT, Skinner M, Costello (PDF):
Identification and localization of a cysteinyl post-translational modification in an amyloidogenic kappa 1 light chain protein by electrospray ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.  Anal Biochem., 295: 45-56, 2001.

Ng B, Davidoff R, Skinner M, and Falk RH:
Paradoxical Clinical and Echocardiographic Findings in Senile versus AL Amyloidosis. In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp 392-394, 2001.

Sanchorawala V, Wright DG, Seldin DC, Dember LM, Finn K, Falk RH, Berk J, Quillen K, Skinner M:
Status report: high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation for the treatment of AL amyloidosis.  Bone Marrow Transplantation, 28:  637-642, 2001.

Sanchorawala V, Wright DG, Seldin DC, Muir L, Falk RH, Finn K, Skinner M:
Low Dose Continuous Oral Melphalan for the Treatment of AL Amyloidosis.  In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp 190-192, 2001.

Shaz BH, Lewis WD, Skinner M, Khettry U:
Livers from patients with apolipoprotein A1 amyloidosis are not suitable as “domino” donors.  Mod Pathol, 14: 577-580, 2001.

Skinner M, Sanchorawala V, Falk RF, Dember LM, Seldin DC, Berk J, Finn K, Libbey CA, Quillen K, LaValley M, and Wright DG:
AL Amyloidosis: Severity of Illness, Treatment Decisions and Outcome in 554 Patients.  In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp 221-223, 2001.

Swan N, Mulcahy E, Magnani BJ, Skinner M, and O’Hara CJ:
Bone Marrow Biopsy Findings in AL Amyloidosis Following Treatment With High-Dose Melphalan and Autologous Stem Cell Support; Correlation with Immunofixation Electrophoresis.  In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp 253-255, 2001.

Wright DG, Sanchorawala V, Taper J, Seldin DC, Falk RH, Dember LM, Berk J, Finn K, Quillen K, and Skinner M:
High Dose Intravenous Melphalan and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of AL Amyloidosis: Morbidity and Mortality.  In: Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Ed by M Bely and A Apathy.  Budapest, pp 193-195, 2001.

Yazaki M, Liepnieks J, Yamashita T, Guenther B, Skinner M, Benson MD:
Renal amyloidosis caused by a novel stop-codon mutation in the apolipoprotein A2 gene.  Kidney International, 60: 1658-1665, 2001.