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Steady turnover of amyloid fibril proteins in gastric mucosa after liver transplantation in familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Sept 2013
Tsuchiya-Suzuki Ayako, Yazaki Masahide, Sekijima Yoshiki, Kametani Fuyuki, Ikeda Shu-Ichi
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INTRODUCTION: Our previous study demonstrated marked regression of amyloid deposits in abdominal fat tissues of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) patients treated with liver transplantation (LT). To determine whether similar changes in deposited amyloid can also occur in other organs, we examined gastric mucosal amyloid before and after LT in FAP patients with ATTRV30M. METHODS: We histopathologically and...
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