The clinical pattern of amyloid involvement with the skin occurs in about half of all cases of both primary and secondary amyloidosis and in all cases where there is inflammation of the peripheral ...

Amyloid plaques comprising tangled fibrils of misfolded proteins are well-known drivers of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, but they are also present ...

Other common sites of amyloid accumulation include the tongue, skeletal and smooth muscles, skin, ligaments, joints, spleen, liver, pancreas, brain, and respiratory system (Kahn & Falk ...

Early clinical diagnosis of an under-recognized form of amyloidosis that causes rapidly progressing polyneuropathy is crucial to improving patient outcomes. Worldwide, the most common mutation ...

Multiple myeloma and AL amyloidosis are conditions linked to plasma cells in the bone marrow. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer affecting the plasma cells, which are mostly in the bone marrow.

A condition in which amyloid proteins build up on organs like heart, kidney and liver. Amyloid is an abnormal protein, and its deposit on the organ can eventually damage them. An abnormal protein ...