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Clinical and pathological studies of cardiac amyloidosis in transthyretin type familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Dec 2003
Hattori Takeshi, Takei Yo-ichi, Koyama Jun, Nakazato Masamitsu, Ikeda Shu-ichi
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the clinicopathological features of cardiac amyloidosis in transthyretin (TTR) familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), 169 patients were divided into three groups. Group I consisted of 113 patients with ATTR Val30Met who originated from an endemic focus, II consisted of 36 patients with ATTR Val30Met in nonendemic areas, and III consisted of 20 patients who had non-Val30Met ATTRs with 15 different gene...
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