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'''Senile systemic amyloidosis''' is a form of [[amyloidosis]] associated with [[transthyretin]].<ref name="pmid2320592">{{cite journal |author=Westermark P, Sletten K, Johansson B, Cornwell GG |title=Fibril in senile systemic amyloidosis is derived from normal transthyretin |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=87 |issue=7 |pages=2843–5 |year=1990 |month=April |pmid=2320592 |pmc=53787 |doi= |url=http://www.pnas.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=2320592}}</ref>

It is estimated to affect a quarter of the population over 85 years of age.<ref name="pmid18382889">{{cite journal |author=Tanskanen M, Peuralinna T, Polvikoski T, ''et al'' |title=Senile systemic amyloidosis affects 25% of the very aged and associates with genetic variation in alpha2-macroglobulin and tau: a population-based autopsy study |journal=Ann. Med. |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=232–9 |year=2008 |pmid=18382889 |doi=10.1080/07853890701842988 |url=http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&doi=10.1080/07853890701842988&magic=pubmed||1B69BA326FFE69C3F0A8F227DF8201D0}}</ref>

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