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    standing. In AL amyloidosis, specific indicators can include enlargement of the tongue and periorbital purpura. In wild-type ATTR amyloidosis, non-cardiac...
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    Cardiac amyloidosis is a subcategory of amyloidosis where there is depositing of the protein amyloid in the cardiac muscle and surrounding tissues. Amyloid...
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  • AA amyloidosis is a form of amyloidosis, a disease characterized by the abnormal deposition of fibers of insoluble protein in the extracellular space of...
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  • Amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, also known as primary amyloidosis, is the most common form of systemic amyloidosis. The disease is caused when a...
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    Edison J, Baethge BA, Jacobson DR (10 October 2018). "Amyloidosis: Definition of Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Classification Systems, Systemic Amyloidoses". Medscape...
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  • marker of cardiac amyloidosis. A much better survival has been reported for patients with WTTA as opposed to cardiac AL amyloidosis. The condition is...
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    Primary cutaneous amyloidosis is a form of amyloidosis associated with oncostatin M receptor. This type of amyloidosis has been divided into the following...
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    PJ, Prentice RS, Cavaglia A, Simpson NE (1981). "Familial cutaneous amyloidosis with systemic manifestations in males". American Journal of Medical Genetics...
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    which causes sensorineural deafness and recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis. Individuals with MWS often have episodic fever, chills, and joint pain...
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    LECT2 Amyloidosis (ALECT2) is a form of amyloidosis caused by the LECT2 protein. It was found to be the third most common (~3% of total) cause of amyloidosis...
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    polyneuropathy, as well as wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis, which formerly was called senile systemic amyloidosis. It works by stabilizing the quaternary structure...
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  • heavy chain amyloidosis (AH amyloidosis) in which amyloid deposits contain only free heavy chains. The deposits in a third type, AHL amyloidosis, consists...
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    Familial renal amyloidosis is a form of amyloidosis primarily presenting in the kidney. It is associated most commonly with congenital mutations in the...
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    Proteinopathy (category Amyloidosis)
    by a similar mechanism, including Aβ amyloidosis, amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis, and apolipoprotein AII amyloidosis, tauopathy, synucleinopathy, and the...
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    polyneuropathy, also called transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis, transthyretin amyloidosis abbreviated also as ATTR (hereditary form), or Corino de...
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  • Heredofamilial amyloidosis is an inherited condition that may be characterized by systemic or localized deposition of amyloid in body tissues.: 522  Amyloidosis List...
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  • immunoglobulin-induced renal amyloidosis (e.g. AL amyloidosis) represented 86% of the cases). Hereditary fibrinogen Aα-Chain amyloidosis is, however, the most...
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  • Haemodialysis-associated amyloidosis is a form of systemic amyloidosis associated with chronic kidney failure. Amyloidosis is the accumulation of misfolded...
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    amyloid diseases including wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis, hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), and familial...
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    seen in nonsecretory multiple myeloma and amyloid light chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis). The Bence Jones protein was described by the English physician...
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    Familial Amyloidosis, Finnish Type (FAF), also called hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis and AGel amyloidosis (AGel), is an amyloid condition with a number...
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    fossa. Raccoon eyes may also be a sign of disseminated neuroblastoma, amyloidosis, Kaposi’s sarcoma or multiple myeloma. It also can be temporary result...
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    Pedro Pinho e. (eds.). Amyloid and amyloidosis: proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Amyloidosis, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, 23–28 September...
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    In anatomy, the meninges (/məˈnɪndʒiːz/, sg.: meninx (/ˈmiːnɪŋks/ or /ˈmɛnɪŋks/), from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mēninx) 'membrane') are the three membranes...
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    to chromosome 5q. type II or Finnish type amyloidosis: associated with manifestations of systemic amyloidosis due to accumulation of gelsolin. Associated...
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  • Eplontersen (category Amyloidosis)
    transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis. It is a transthyretin-directed antisense oligonucleotide. It was developed to treat hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis by Ionis...
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    biggest risk factors for spontaneous bleeding are high blood pressure and amyloidosis. Other risk factors include alcoholism, low cholesterol, blood thinners...
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  • English footballer (Manchester City, Brighton, Sheffield Wednesday), amyloidosis. Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, 82, Emirati royal and politician, ruler's...
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    hide as well as display other 'shy' behaviour. Familial renal amyloidosis or AA amyloidosis, a kidney disorder due to a mutation in the AA amyloid protein...
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  • FDA approval for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in October 2018. The application for inotersen was granted orphan drug...
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