See Also: secondary amyloidosis(medicine)
Amyloidosis, secondary(health)
Amyloidosis(medicine)
Amyloidosis(health)
focal amyloidosis(medicine)
Amyloidosis, hereditary(health)
familial amyloidosis(medicine)
nodular amyloidosis(medicine)
cerebral amyloidosis(medicine)
Amyloidosis, primary(health)

Amyloidosis, secondary (health)


One of a group of diseases (called amyloidosis) in which protein deposits (amyloid) accumulate in one or more organ systems in the body, secondary amyloid is caused by a chronic infection or inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, familial Mediterranean fever, osteomyelitis, or granulomatous ileitis.