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Incidence of hereditary amyloidosis and autoinflammatory diseases in Sweden: endemic and imported diseases.
BMC medical genetics - 3 Sept 2013
Hemminki Kari, Li Xinjun, Försti Asta, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Amyloidoses are a heterogeneous group of progressive diseases caused by tissue deposition of misfolded proteins. According to the International Classification of Diseases, hereditary amyloidosis is divided into neuropathic and non-neuropathic forms. In Sweden, neuropathic heredofamilial amyloidosis has been identified as familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), a fatal disease that is treated by...
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