<p>Section 1 Introduction/General :</p><p>01.Aspects of the History and Nomenclature of Amyloid and Amyloidosis – Per Westermark</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>02.Amyloid Diseases at the Molecular Level: General Overview and Focus on AL Amyloidosis – Mario Nuvolone, Giovanni Palladini, Giampaolo Merlini</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>03. AA Amyloidosis- Amanda K. Ombrello, Ivona Aksentijevich</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>04. The Hereditary Amyloidoses– Merrill D. Benson</p><p> </p><p>05.Dialysis-Associated Amyloidosis- Paweena Susantitaphong, Laura M. Dember, Bertrand L. Jaber</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>06.Localized Amyloidoses and Amyloidoses Associated with Aging Outside the Central Nervous System- Per Westermark</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>07.Cerebrovascular Amyloidoses- John M. Lee, Maria M. Picken</p><p> </p><p>Section 2 Non-Amyloid Protein Deposits :</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>08. Differential Diagnosis of Amyloid in Surgical Pathology: Organized Deposits and Other Material in the Differential Diagnosis of Amyloidosis- Guillermo A. Herrera, Elba A. Turbat-Herrera</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>09.Light / Heavy Chain Deposition Disease as a Systemic Disorder- Guillermo A. Herrera, Elba A. Turbat-Herrera</p><p> </p><p>10. Glomerulonephritis with Non-Organized Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits- Pierre Ronco, Alexandre Karras, Emmanuelle Plaisier</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>11.Pathologies of Renal and Systemic Intracellular Paraprotein Storage: Crystalopathies and Beyond- Maria M. Picken</p><p> </p><p>Section 3 Diagnosis :</p><p> </p><p>12.Diagnosis of Amyloid Using Congo Red- Alexander J Howie</p><p> </p><p>13.Diagnosis of Minimal Amyloid Deposits using the Congo Red Fluorescence Method - A Review- Reinhold P. Linke</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>14.Thioflavin T stain - An Easier and More Sensitive Method for Amyloid Detection- Maria M. Picken and Guillermo A. Herrera</p><p> </p><p>15.Fat Tissue Analysis in the Management of Patients with Systemic Amyloidosis - Johan Bijzet, Ingrid I. van Gameren, Bouke P.C. Hazenberg</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>16.Generic Diagnosis of Amyloid – a Summary of Current Recommendations and the Editorial Comments on Chapters 12 - 15.- Maria M. Picken</p><p> </p><p>17.Routine Use of Amyloid Typing on Formalin-fixed Paraffin Sections from 626 Patients by Immunohistochemistry- Reinhold P. Linke</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>18.Amyloid Typing – Experience from a Large Referral Centre - Janet A Gilbertson, Toby Hunt, Philip N. Hawkins</p><p> </p><p>19.Options for Amyloid Typing in Renal Pathology – the Advantages of Frozen Section Immunofluorescence and a Summary of General Recommendations for Immunohistochemistry (Chapters 17 – 19)- Maria M. Picken</p><p> </p><p>20.Amyloid Typing: Immuno-Electron Microscopy - Laura Verga, Patrizia Morbini, Giovanni Palladini, Laura Obici, Vittorio Necchi, Marco Paulli, Giampaolo Merlini</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>21.Classification of Amyloidosis by Mass Spectrometry Based Proteomics.- Ahmet Dogan </p><p> </p><p>Section 4 Ancillary Studies of Amyloidosis :</p><p> </p><p>22.Laboratory Support for Diagnosis of Amyloidosis- David L Murray, Jerry A. Katzmann,</p><p> </p>23.Bone Marrow Biopsy and Its Utility in the Diagnosis of AL Amyloidosis and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias- Sujata Ramamurthy, Lawreen H. Connors, Carl J. O’Hara<p><p> </p><p> </p><p>24.Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Hereditary Amyloidoses- S. Michelle Shiller, Ahmet Dogan, Kimiyo M. Raymond, and W. Edward Highsmith, Jr.</p><p> </p><p>Section 5 Organ Involvement in Amyloidoses :</p><p> </p><p>25.Amyloidoses of the Kidney and Genitourinary Tract- Maria M Picken</p><p> </p><p>26.Cardiac Amyloidoses- Carmela D. Tan, E. Rene Rodriguez</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>27.Amyloidosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver- Oscar W. Cummings, Merrill D. Benson</p><p> </p><p>28.Peripheral Nerve Amyloidosis- Adam J. Loavenbruck, Janean K. Engelstad, Christopher J. Klein</p> <p><p>Section 6 Clinical Issues and Therapy :</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>29.Clinical and Pathologic Issues in Patients with Amyloidosis – Practical Comments Regarding Diagnosis, Therapy and Solid Organ Transplantation- Jay Dalal, Kevin Barton, Maria M. Picken</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>30.Emerging Therapies for Amyloidosis- Merrill D. Benson</p><p> </p><p>31.Modern Therapies in AA Amyloidosis- Amanda K. Ombrello, </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>32.Medicolegal Issues of Amyloidosis- Timothy Craig Allen</p><p> </p><p>33.Amyloidosis from the Patient’s Perspective- Muriel Finkel</p><p>