FAMILIAL (or HEREDITARY) AMYLOIDOSIS is the only
type of amyloidosis that is inherited.
It is the most common
type of amyloidosis in the United States, with estimates of up to 2000 cases diagnosed each year, and occasionally occurs with multiple myeloma.
The type of amyloidosis which is due to the b2 micro globulin protein may affect people who have been on dialysis for a significant length of time.
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TYPES OF AMYLOIDOSIS include localized amyloid, b2 micro globulin amyloid, and Alzheimer's disease.
Not exact matches
Amyloidosis is a general term for several different
types of disease.
In vivo seeding and cross-seeding
of localized
amyloidosis: A molecular link between
type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer disease
AβPP transgenic mouse lines differ in the
types and amounts
of Aβ that they generate and in their spatiotemporal patterns
of expression
of Aβ assemblies, providing a toolkit to study Aβ
amyloidosis and the influence
of Aβ aggregation on brain function.
SIRS is often a complicating factor in the uremic syndrome, renal
amyloidosis and FSF, various
types of cancer, severe bacterial, viral and fungal infections, shock, trauma and other disease conditions.