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  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. lymphatic diseases
  5. amyloidosis
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. lymphatic diseases
  5. amyloidosis
  1. Fields of Study
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. genetic disorders
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. genetic disorders
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Fields of Study
  2. diseases and disorders (animal and human)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. genetic disorders
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. diseases and disorders (animal and human)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. genetic disorders
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. diseases and disorders (animal and human)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. genetic disorders
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Fields of Study
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. metabolic diseases
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. metabolic diseases
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Fields of Study
  2. diseases and disorders (animal and human)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. metabolic diseases
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. diseases and disorders (animal and human)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. metabolic diseases
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. diseases and disorders (animal and human)
  3. noninfectious diseases
  4. metabolic diseases
  5. inherited metabolic diseases
  6. amyloidosis

Preferred term

amyloidosis

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A group of sporadic, familial and/or inherited, degenerative, and infectious disease processes, linked by the common theme of abnormal protein folding and deposition of amyloid. As the amyloid deposits enlarge they displace normal tissue structures, causing disruption of function. Various signs and symptoms depend on the location and size of the deposits.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/8237

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