Origin of sporadic late-onset hereditary ATTR Val30Met amyloidosis in Japan

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Hereditary transthyretin (ATTRm) amyloidosis, formerly known as familial amyloid polyneuropathy, is a major type of hereditary systemic amyloidosis, in which the disease is caused by mutant transthyretin (TTR). Although more than 140 different point mutations have been identified in the TTR gene, ATTRm amyloidosis patients with the TTR Val30Met mutation are most frequently found worldwide. Interestingly, the...

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