Background: Amyloidosis is a complex multisystemic disease. Lack of knowledge about amyloidosis and subsequent misdiagnosis or underdiagnosis are major obstacles to treatment that result in life-threatening organ damage, heart failure, morbidity, and mortality. At present, medical didactic education about amyloidosis leaves new physicians woefully unprepared to suspect and diagnose it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmyloidosis is a complex multi-systemic disease. Lack of knowledge about amyloidosis and subsequent mis- or under-diagnosis are major obstacles to treatment, which result in life-threatening organ damage, morbidity, and mortality. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of amyloidosis patients' narratives on medical students.
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