Difference between revisions of "Amyloid"

*[[IHC]] may be useful for subclassification of an amyloidosis.<ref name=pmid19756621>{{cite journal |author=Röcken C |title=[Update on immunohistological classification of amyloidoses] |language=German |journal=Pathologe |volume=30 Suppl 2 |issue= |pages=121–3 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19756621 |doi=10.1007/s00292-009-1183-7 |url=}}</ref>

**The specificity of IHC is thought to be low.<ref name=pmid18181665>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Solomon | first1 = A. | last2 = Murphy | first2 = CL. | last3 = Westermark | first3 = P. | title = Unreliability of immunohistochemistry for typing amyloid deposits. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 1 | pages = 14; author reply 14-5 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[14b:IR]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18181665 | url = http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.1043/1543-2165%282008%29132%5B14b%3AIR%5D2.0.CO%3B2 }}</ref>

Example:  

*Transthyretin IHC.