Familial nephropathic systemic amyloidosis caused by apolipoprotein Al variant Arg26

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A point mutation in the apolipoprotein AI (apoAI) gene causing autosomal dominant non-neuropathic systemic amyloidosis is described in a previously unreported Canadian family of British origin with five affected individuals in three generations. Amyloid deposits in the renal biopsy from the proband, a 31-year-old female presenting with hypertension and renal failure, stained immunospecifically with antiserum to...

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