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Clinicopathological features of senile systemic amyloidosis: an ante- and post-mortem study.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Dec 2011
Ueda Mitsuharu, Horibata Yoko, Shono Makoto, Misumi Yohei, Oshima Toshinori, Su Yu, Tasaki Masayoshi, Shinriki Satoru, Kawahara Satomi, Jono Hirofumi, Obayashi Konen, Ogawa Hisao, Ando Yukio
Abstract excerpt
Senile systemic amyloidosis is a common age-related amyloidosis that involves accumulation of wild-type transthyretin, with cardiac dysfunction being a predominant result. The importance of obtaining an accurate diagnosis of senile systemic amyloidosis has been increasingly recognized, so that novel treatments are being developed. However, the clinicopathological features of senile systemic amyloidosis remain to...
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