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Wild-type (senile) amyloidosis causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Wild-type (senile) amyloidosis is caused by the folding and/breaking apart of a normal occurring protein, transthyretin (TTR).
Causes
Causes
- Wild-type (senile) amyloidosis is caused by the folding and/breaking apart of a normal occurring protein, transthyretin (TTR).[1]
References
References
- ↑ Ilia G. Halatchev, Jingsheng Zheng & Jiafu Ou (2018). “Wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTRwt-CA), previously known as senile cardiac amyloidosis: clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and emerging therapies”. Journal of thoracic disease. 10 (3): 2034–2045. doi:10.21037/jtd.2018.03.134. PMID 29707360. Unknown parameter
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