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Practice Editing Here (Nov 15th in-class Wiki session work)

 * This is a place to practice clicking the "edit" button and practice adding references (via the citation button).

Task:


 * 1) Find a peer-reviewed journal article on PubMed. Practice inserting your citation in the above space using the "cite" tool
 * 2) Choose one "B-level" medical article on Wikipedia from the following list: https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Medicine/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=High-Class
 * 3) Practice editing live on Wikipedia by finding a typo in the text or improving the clarity/readability of a sentence by adjusting a few words in a sentence.

Amyloidosis.

Assignment # 3- please post an anonymous copy here!
Proposed Addition: AA amyloidosis is caused by an increase in extracellular deposition of serum amyloid A (SAA) protein. SAA protein levels can rise in both direct and indirect manners, through infection, inflammation, and malignancies.

Rationale for proposed change: The change introduces additional clarity with regards to the AA subtype of amyloidosis. The previous reference regarding the epidemiology was published in 1997. Although the article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, it is a literature review, not a systematic one, and thus may have omitted some sources when drawing conclusions. This new source is a 2019 systematic review and indicates updated and more comprehensive areas of origin for amyloidosis. As this is an addition, and not a subtraction or re-write of the existing information, it should not be controversial. The original 1997 article specifically refers to AA amyloidosis “in the west,” and as this systematic review only included articles written in English, Dutch, French, or German, it generally is referring to AA cases “in the west” as well.

Critique of source: As this is a systematic review, it is reliant on the quality of sources that it draws conclusions from. Diagnosis of AA amyloidosis, and exclusion of additional possible underlying conditions can be difficult. AA amyloidosis was unable to be specifically diagnosed before 1980 due to the lack of specific antibodies for immunohistochemistry. However, this would be true of all literature and systematic reviews that discuss AA amyloidosis.

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page (part of assignment 3)

 * This will also be covered on Nov 15th in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2021/Talk Page Template