Detection of a variant protein in hair: New diagnostic method in Portuguese type familial amyloid polyneuropathy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7143, 1998, Pages 1500-1501

  Ando, Yukio ^a   Anan, Intissar ^a   Suhr, Ole ^a   Holmgren, Gösta ^a   Costa, Paulo M P ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 0032537367     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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