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Complement C1Q polymorphisms modulate onset in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy TTR Val30Met.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2009
Dardiotis Efthimios, Koutsou Pantelitsa, Zamba-Papanicolaou Eleni, Vonta Ilia, Hadjivassiliou Marilena, Hadjigeorgiou Georgios, Cariolou Marios, Christodoulou Kyproula, Kyriakides Theodoros
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BACKGROUND: Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) TTR Val30Met is a lethal autosomal dominant sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathy due to a substitution of methionine for valine at position 30 of the transthyretin (TTR) gene. Amyloid, composed of mutated TTR, is deposited in the peripheral n...
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