Diseases

Amyloid Plaque

Accumulations of extracellularly deposited AMYLOID FIBRILS within tissues.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Accumulations of extracellularly deposited AMYLOID FIBRILS within tissues.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Amyloid Deposits
  • Amyloid Plaques
  • Plaque, Amyloid
  • Plaques, Amyloid
  • Amyloid Deposit
  • Deposit, Amyloid
  • Deposits, Amyloid
  • Neuritic Plaques
  • Senile Plaques
  • Neuritic Plaque
  • Plaque, Neuritic
  • Plaque, Senile
  • Plaques, Neuritic
  • Plaques, Senile
  • Senile Plaque

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Aspects Covered

37 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with anatomical heading/ pathol for location of plaque deposit

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History Note

2011

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Tree Number

  1. C23.300.821w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Amyloid Plaque. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058225. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058225
  2. Amyloid Plaque. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloid
  3. Amyloid Plaque. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6740853