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A novel variant of transthyretin, 59Thr-->Lys, associated with autosomal dominant cardiac amyloidosis in an Italian family.
Circulation - 15 Feb 1995
Booth D R, Tan S Y, Hawkins P N, Pepys M B, Frustaci A
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BACKGROUND: Amyloidosis is a disorder of protein metabolism characterized by extracellular accumulation of abnormal protein fibrils. Different proteins form the fibrils in different forms of the disease, and the condition can be acquired or hereditary. Involvement of the heart is quite common, producing a serious and usually fatal cardiomyopathy. Cardiac amyloidosis is often diagnosed late, and cardiac biopsy...
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