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* <spoiler text="At what age does senile amyloidosis usually develop?">Eighth and ninth decades.</spoiler>
* <spoiler text="Where else may senile amyloid deposits occur?">Senile amyloid deposits also occur in the lungs, pancreas, and spleen. Senile cerebral amyloidosis occurs due to deposition of A beta 2 protein in cerebral blood vessels and in senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease patients.</spoiler>
== Additional Resources ==
=== Reference ===
* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/335414-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Amyloidosis]
* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/335301-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Transthyretin-Related Amyloidosis]
* [http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/endocrine_and_metabolic_disorders/amyloidosis/amyloidosis.html Merck Manual: Amyloidosis]
=== Journal Articles ===
* Moyssakis I, Triposkiadis F, Rallidis L, Hawkins P, Kyriakidis M, Nihoyannopoulos P. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10354209 Echocardiographic features of primary, secondary and familial amyloidosis]. ''Eur J Clin Invest'' 1999 Jun;29(6):484-9.
=== Images ===
* [http://peir.path.uab.edu/library/index.php?/tags/65-amyloidosis PEIR Digital Library: Amyloidosis Images]
* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CINJHTML/CINJIDX.html#4 WebPath: Cellular Accumulations]
* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CVIDX.html#11 WebPath: Cardiomyopathies]
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