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Renal amyloidosis caused by a novel stop-codon mutation in the apolipoprotein A-II gene.
Kidney international - 1 Nov 2001
Yazaki M, Liepnieks J J, Yamashita T, Guenther B, Skinner M, Benson M D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although apolipoprotein A-II (apoA-II) associated amyloidosis has been described in the senescent accelerated mouse (SAM) model of aging, so far there has been no report of human apoA-II amyloidosis except for a recent report of renal amyloidosis resulting from a stop-codon to glycine mutation of apoA-II. The mechanisms of amyloid formation in human apoA-II amyloidosis are not clear. METHODS: A...
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