Discordant symptoms in monozygotic twins with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) (TTR Met 30)

Amyloid

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 178-180

  Holmgren, Gösta ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a,c   Wikström, Lars ^b   Rydh, Anders ^a   Suhr, Ole ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATTR Met 30; Discordance; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Monozygotic twins; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000649466     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129709014382     Document Type: Article

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