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Low plasma apolipoprotein AII levels in human and mouse amyloidosis with mutant transthyretin (Met-30) gene.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jan 1993
Ando Y, Tanaka Y, Ueyama H, Sakashita N, Yonehara T, Higuchi K, Araki S
Abstract excerpt
We measured the serum apolipoprotein levels in patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). The serum apolipoprotein AII levels were much lower than those of the control subjects, while the levels in asymptomatic carriers of the FAP gene were normal. Other plasma apolipoprotein levels, such as apolipoproteins AI, B, CII, CIII, and E, were all within normal ranges. The decrease of apolipoprotein AII in...
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