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Portuguese-type amyloidosis (transthyretin amyloidosis, ATTR V30M).
Journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
Lobato Luísa
Abstract excerpt
Portuguese-type amyloidosis (transthyretin amyloidosis, ATTR V30M) is the most common form of systemic hereditary amyloidosis, inherited in autosomal dominant mode. The disease, also called familial amyloid polyneuropathy type I (FAP-I), is caused by a mutant transthyretin (TTR) protein, which is synthesized by the liver. A single amino acid substitution of methionine for valine at position 30 of the TTR molecule...
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