What is Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis
(from the National Amyloidosis Centre in London)
The term amyloidosis describes a group of disorders caused by abnormal folding, aggregation and accumulation of certain proteins in the tissues, in an abnormal form known as amyloid deposits. These deposits are composed of abnormal protein fibres, the so-called amyloid fibrils that accumulate more quickly than they are cleared [...]
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