http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/amyloidosis/
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
In recent years, researchers have discovered that different kinds of proteins can form amyloid deposits and have identified several types of amyloidosis. Two of these types are closely related to kidney disease. In primary amyloidosis, abnormal protein production occurs as a first step and can lead to kidney disease. Dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA), on the other hand, is a result of kidney disease. [