- Abstract:
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The amyloidoses are a diverse group of diseases characterized by the deposition of specific proteins with distinct affinity to the dye Congo red, collectively called amyloid. The amyloidogenic proteins have acquired an abnormal, highly ordered, beta-pleated sheet configuration with a propensity to self-aggregate. The amyloid may be distributed in different organs with a remarkable diversity. Two broad categories of amyloidoses are recognised: The systemic (consisting of the primary or light c...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 159-167
- Publication date:
- 2006-02-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1532-2653
- ISSN:
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0967-5868
- URN:
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uuid:ab02cdfc-1f5c-4aee-a05d-3ebc738422d0
- Source identifiers:
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241715
- Local pid:
- pubs:241715
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2006
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Amyloid in neurosurgical and neurological practice.
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