Amyloidosis
"Amyloidosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of sporadic, familial and/or inherited, degenerative, and infectious disease processes, linked by the common theme of abnormal protein folding and deposition of AMYLOID. As the amyloid deposits enlarge they displace normal tissue structures, causing disruption of function. Various signs and symptoms depend on the location and size of the deposits.
| Descriptor ID |
D000686
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.845.500
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amyloidosis" by people in Profiles.
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Slowik V, Apte U. Leukocyte Cell-Derived Chemotaxin-2: It's Role in Pathophysiology and Future in Clinical Medicine. Clin Transl Sci. 2017 07; 10(4):249-259.