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Trends in diagnosis of amyloid kidney disease in people who inject drugs (PWID)

Key takeaways

This study tracked how often doctors diagnosed amyloid kidney disease in people who inject drugs. In that disease an abnormal protein builds up in the kidney's filters and slowly damages them, often after years of repeated infections. Counting diagnoses over time shows a pattern, not a cause. The record we received had no abstract, so the number of patients and the years covered are not stated here.

Who did this work

Shivakumar Narayanan · Sumanth Khadke (Lahey Medical Center) · Madeleine Purcell · Amgad Ghoprial

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-01
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103619