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Analysis of mitochondrial haplogroups associated with TTR Val30Ala familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy in Chinese patients.
The International journal of neuroscience - 1 Dec 2012
Liu Jing-Yao, Jiang Xin-Mei, Zhang Min, Guo Ying-Jie
Abstract excerpt
Extracellular deposition of abnormal transthyretin (TTR) amyloid fibrils leads to familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), an inherited autsomal dominant disease. A large number of protein variants, each caused by a different point mutation in the TTR gene have been identified, including TTR Va...
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