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A clinical, echocardiographic and genetic characterization of a Danish kindred with familial amyloid transthyretin methionine 111 linked cardiomyopathy.
European heart journal - 1 May 1998
Svendsen I H, Steensgaard-Hansen F, Nordvåg B Y
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AIMS: To identify carriers and non-carriers of the mutant transthyretin methionine 111 linked familial amyloid disease, to detect early signs of the restrictive cardiomyopathy and other clinical manifestations characteristic of this inheritable disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: Out of 125 living family members 99 were available for clinical, echocardiographic and genetic examination. Twenty-five family members were...
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