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Types of Amyloidosis

Beta-2 Microglobulin Amyloidosis (Abeta2m)
Beta-2 Microglobulin Amyloidosis (Abeta2m)

beta 2-Microglobulin amyloidosis. A systemic amyloid disease affecting primarily synovium and bone in long-term dialysis patients. A systemic amyloid disease affecting primarily synovium and bone in long-term dialysis patients.

Familial Amyloidosis (ATTR)
Familial Amyloidosis (ATTR)

For example, in ATTR amyloidosis (also known as TTR amyloidosis), ‘TTR’ is an abbreviation for ‘ transthyretin ’, a normal blood protein present in everyone, that is the amyloid precursor protein in this disease.

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Localized Amyloidosis (ALoc)
Localized Amyloidosis (ALoc)

Frequent presentations of localized amyloidosis include: Upper and lower airway or lung deposits; Bladder; Eye; Skin/subcutaneous; Gastrointestinal tract; Breast; We employ a multi-disciplinary approach for the assessment and treatment of localized disease, tailoring our management to the particular challenges encountered by individual patients.

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Other Familial Amyloidoses
Other Familial Amyloidoses

Hereditary amyloidosis is one type of the systemic amyloidosis diseases that are caused by inheriting a gene mutation. That genetic mutation then produces an amyloid protein that forms into an abnormal shape.

Secondary Amyloidosis (AA)
Secondary Amyloidosis (AA)

AA amyloidosis can occur at any age and is the only amyloidosis to occur in children. Since AA amyloidosis is a reactionary disease to other diseases or conditions, the age of onset for AA amyloidosis depends on when the patient develops a chronic inflammatory disease or chronic infection.

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