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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy and transthyretin.
Sub-cellular biochemistry - 1 Jan 2012
Nagasaka Takamura
Abstract excerpt
There has been much progress in our understanding of transthyretin (TTR)-related amyloidosis including familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), senile systemic amyloidosis and its related disorders from many clinical and experimental aspects. FAP is an inherited severe systemic amyloidosis caused by mutated TTR, and characterized by amyloid deposition mainly in the peripheral nervous system and the heart. Liver...
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