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IN a review of amyloidosis, Cohen1 concludes that “mucopolysaccharide does not constitute a significant portion of the material. Several reports in the literature indicate that an unusual mucopolysaccharide containing heparitin sulphate may be present in amyloid. To date these studies have been on whole amyloid tissues, not on isolated fibrils”. Experiments now in progress on the nature of acid mucopolysaccharides associated with isolated amyloid fibrils are reported here.
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PENNOCK, C. Association of Acid Mucopolysaccharides with Isolated Amyloid Fibrils. Nature 217, 753–754 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217753a0
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