Senile systemic amyloidosis
Senile systemic amyloidosis is a form of amyloidosis associated with transthyretin.[1]
It is estimated to affect a quarter of the population over 85 years of age.[2]
References
- ↑ Westermark P, Sletten K, Johansson B, Cornwell GG (1990). “Fibril in senile systemic amyloidosis is derived from normal transthyretin”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87 (7): 2843–5. PMC 53787. PMID 2320592. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Tanskanen M, Peuralinna T, Polvikoski T; et al. (2008). “Senile systemic amyloidosis affects 25% of the very aged and associates with genetic variation in alpha2-macroglobulin and tau: a population-based autopsy study”. Ann. Med. 40 (3): 232–9. doi:10.1080/07853890701842988. PMID 18382889. Text “1B69BA326FFE69C3F0A8F227DF8201D0” ignored (help)
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