Hepatic Amyloidosis

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Hepatic Amyloidosis is a disease where the liver (and sometimes other organs) become infiltrated with  aggregated insoluble proteins in "beta-pleated sheets".  There are many reported cases in captive chimpanzees and other nonhuman primate species.   The disease appears to be less common in humans.

 

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