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Could amyloidosis be mistaken for alzheimer's disease?
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Not usually: There are many different types of amyeloid. Amyloidosis is an illness caused by the abnormal deposits of amyloid in various tissues. In general this is not thought to occur in the brain. The brains of thsoe with alzheimers disease have plaques with beta-amyeloid. It would be pretty unlikely that these 2 illnesses would be confused.
Answered 2/17/2013
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Depends: Alzheimer's disease may be considered to be amyloidosis of the brain. There is also peripheral amyloidosis that affects the heart and other organs but is caused by deposition of a different amyloid.
Answered 9/28/2016
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