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Laryngeal presentation of systemic apolipoprotein A-I-derived amyloidosis.
The Laryngoscope - 1 Mar 2009
Hazenberg Aldert J C, Dikkers Frederik G, Hawkins Philip N, Bijzet Johan, Rowczenio Dorota, Gilbertson Janet, Posthumus Marcel D, Leijsma Martha K, Hazenberg Bouke P C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical and pathological characteristics of two patients with laryngeal apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I)-derived (AApoAI) amyloidosis with the apolipoprotein A-I variants Leu174Ser and Leu178Pro, respectively. The latter variant has not been associated with amyloid before. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive report of two patients who presented with laryngeal amyloid presumed to be of localized AL type,...
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