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Report from the Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy World Transplant Registry (FAPWTR) and the Domino Liver Transplant Registry (DLTR).
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Aug 2003
Ericzon Bo-Göran, Larsson Marie, Herlenius Gustaf, Wilczek Henryk E
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a fatal disease, belonging to a group of systemic disorders caused by an amyloidogenic transthyretin (TTR) variant. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) eliminates the source of the variant TTR molecule, and is presently the only known curative treatment. A fascinating consequence of this treatment is the possibility of retransplanting the removed FAP liver into...
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