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Hepatic amyloidosis resulting from deposition of the apolipoprotein A-I variant Leu75Pro.
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Dec 2003
Coriu Daniel, Dispenzieri Angela, Stevens Fred J, Murphy Charles L, Wang Shuching, Weiss Deborah T, Solomon Alan
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis (AApo A-I) is an inherited systemic disease that results from pathologic deposition in tissues of fibrils composed of Apo A-I-related molecules. This disorder has been linked to mutations occurring within the coding region of the Apo A-I gene and heretofore, nine such variants had been described. Recently, a tenth alteration was found in an Italian population where the substitution...
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