Concept information
Preferred term
Amyloidosis
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Note
- coord IM with organ/dis precoord (IM); /genet: consider also AMYLOIDOSIS, HEREDITARY
Scope note
- 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.
In other languages
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Finnish
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amyloidin kertyminen
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amyloidirappeuma
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amyloiditauti
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amyloidos
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amyloidosis
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amyloidosis non specificata
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määrittämätön amyloidoosi
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ospecificerad amyloidos
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primaarinen amyloidoosi
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primär amyloidos
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000686
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