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Liver transplantation in transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy: first report from Argentina.
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Dec 1999
Lendoire J, Trigo P, Aziz H, Cueto G, Ando Y, Ohlsson P I, Suhr O B, Imventarza O
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This is the first report from Argentina of liver transplantation in patients with transthyretin related familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. The aims of the study were to analyze the clinical characteristics of this new focus and evaluate the postoperative complications and long term follow up. Five of ten patients evaluated underwent liver transplantation. During the waiting period the polyneuropathy disability...
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