Fibrillary deposits: amyloids and tactoids
Two forms of abnormal fibrillary protein deposition are considered: amyloidosis and fibrillary (immunotactoid) glomerulonephritis. Amyloid is characterised by an antiparallel, beta-pleated configuration which imparts to it a unique apple-green birefringence after Congo red staining. Inspite of its f...
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College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia
1995
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