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Definitions for "Beta amyloid"
Keywords:  alzheimer, amyloid, plaques, neuritic, neurofibrillary
Related Terms: Amyloid plaque, Amyloid plaques, Plaques, Amyloid, Neurofibrillary tangle, App , Amyloidosis, Neurofibrillary tangles, Metachromatic leukodystrophy, Lewy body dementia, Degenerative, Marfan syndrome, Degenerative disease, Leukodystrophy, Alzheimer's disease, Tay-sachs disease, Neurodegenerative disease, Homocystinuria, Pick's disease, Parkinson’s disease, Marfan's syndrome, Hurler syndrome, Alzheimer's, Huntington's disease, Scleroderma, Huntington disease, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Prodromal, Creutzfeldt-jakob disease, Wilson's disease, Disease, Charcot-marie-tooth disease, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Pathologic, Pathophysiology, Parkinson's disease, Congenital disorder, Degeneration, Lewy body, Encephalopathy, Sclerosis, Axons, Sequelae, Alport syndrome, Charcot joint, Stickler syndrome, Cachexia, Rickets
A specific type of amyloid normally found in humans and animals. In Alzheimer's disease, beta amyloid is abnormally processed by nerve cells and becomes deposited in amyloid plaques in the brains of persons with the disease.
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a protein found in the characteristic clumps of tissue (called plaques) that appear in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
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a protein that is the main component of amyloid plaques in various neurological disorders, most prominently Alzheimer's disease.
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