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extracellular space
Sunday 17 February 2019
Pathology
extracellular deposits
- Example : amyloidosis
- Amyloidosis is a group of diseases in which an abnormal protein, known as amyloid fibrils, make deposits in the extracellular space.
- Amyloidosis is not a single disease but a term for diseases that share a common feature: the extracellular deposition of pathologic insoluble fibrillar proteins in organs and tissues.
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