Transthyretin amyloidosis and two other aging-related amyloidoses in an aged vervet monkey

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Nakamura, Shinichiro ^a,d   Okabayashi, S ^a   Ageyama, N ^b   Koie, H ^c   Sankai, T ^b   Ono, F ^a   Fujimoto, K ^a   Terao, K ^b  

^a The Corporation for Production and Research of Laboratory Primates   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid protein; Amyloidosis; IAPP; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CERCOPITHECUS; HEART MUSCLE; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CEREBRUM; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; MYOCARDIUM; PANCREAS; PREALBUMIN;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS;

EID: 38349171004     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-1-67     Document Type: Article

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