[Amyloidosis in the autopsy data from a general hospital of Leningrad].
Over the recent 20 years the incidence of amyloidosis did not undergo any noticeable changes, accounting for 1.48% of the total number of autopsies in 1964-1968 and for 1.52% in 1984-1988 (P less than 0.5). The number of cases of the clinically unrecognized amyloidosis increased from 37.5% in the first period to 52.18% in the second one. In most cases amyloidosis affects the kidneys (94.9%), spleen (58.2%), liver (48%) and then, in the descending order, there follow adrenals, intestine, heart, pancreas and other organs (the total data for both the periods).
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D000367:Age Factors; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology