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Cardiac involvement in hereditary-transthyretin related amyloidosis.
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Jun 2012
Rapezzi Claudio, Longhi Simone, Milandri Agnese, Lorenzini Massimiliano, Gagliardi Christian, Gallelli Ilaria, Leone Ornella, Quarta Candida Cristina
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Hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis remains a widely underdiagnosed condition, owing to its extreme phenotypic variability: the clinical spectrum of the disease ranges from an almost exclusive neurologic involvement to strictly cardiac manifestations. This heterogeneity is linked to several factors including specific transthyretin mutations, geographic distribution and endemic vs. non-endemic aggregation...
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