title: [A comparative description of amyloidosis in monkeys].
abstract: The paper contains the results of a postmortem study of 461 cases of amyloidosis in monkeys of 4 species (Papio hamadryas, Macaca mulatto, Macaca fascicularis and Macaca nemestrina) from the Sukhumi and Adler primatological facilities. Emergence of amyloidosis was found to be dependent on age; the frequency ratio at which separate organs are affected is presented; the specific disease signs are described for different monkey species. Generalized and isolated cases of amyloidosis are elucidated with the liver being the most vulnerable organ in macaques (64%) and the kidneys--in baboons (94%). A comparative description of different forms of amyloidosis in monkey and man was made use of to suggest using the amyloidosis in monkeys as a model process for studying the pathology in man.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Naumenko
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Krylova
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000473:pathology