title: Subcutaneous adipose tissue biopsy for amyloid protein studies.
abstract: Symptoms from a systemic amyloidosis are usually coming from one of the inner organs, e.g., heart or kidney. However, for diagnosis and for material for amyloid protein studies, biopsy from an easier accessible tissue is preferred. This chapter describes biopsy from subcutaneous adipose tissue as a particularly suitable method to obtain amyloid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Per.Westermark@igp.uu.se
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Westermark
mesh_terms: D058227:Amyloidogenic Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003224:Congo Red / Q000378:metabolism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008853:Microscopy; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D050151:Subcutaneous Fat / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D058227:Amyloidogenic Proteins; D003224:Congo Red