An aggressive familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy caused by a new variant transthyretin Lys 54

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 637-639

  Togashi, S ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Nagasaka, T ^a   Shindo, K ^a   Shiozawa, Z ^a   Maeda, S ^a   Tawata, Masato ^a   Onaya, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033546625     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.3.637     Document Type: Article

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