Medical Definition of Familial amyloidosis
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A disorder in which various peripheral nerves are infiltrated with amyloid and their functions disturbed, an abnormal prealbumin is also formed and is present in the blood; characteristically, it begins during mid-life and is found largely in persons of Portuguese descent. Other rare clinical types occur.
Inheritance: autosomal dominant.
Synonym: familial amyloidosis, hereditary amyloidosis.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Familial Amyloidosis
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