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Kidney and anemia in familial amyloidosis type I.
Kidney international - 1 Nov 2004
Beirão Idalina, Lobato Luísa, Costa Paulo M P, Fonseca Isabel, Mendes Paula, Silva Manuela, Bravo Fernanda, Cabrita António, Porto Graça
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) type I is caused by a mutated transthyretin (TTR V30M) and characterized by a sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathy. Renal, cardiac, and ocular abnormalities can also occur. Anemia has been described in previous reports, but its prevalence in Portuguese FAP patients is not precisely known. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anemia in FAP type...
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