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Transthyretin isoleucine-122 mutation in African and American blacks.
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Jun 2000
Afolabi I, Hamidi Asl K, Nakamura M, Jacobs P, Hendrie H, Benson M D
Abstract excerpt
The gene frequency of the transthyretin (TTR) mutation (Val122Ile) was studied in African and African-American populations. The African populations analyzed included the Zulu and Xhosa of South Africa, and Yorubas from the city of Ibadan, Nigeria. The African-American population included patients at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Indianapolis, and newborns from a local hospital in Indianapolis. The...
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