Transthyretin isoleucine-122 mutation in African and American blacks

Amyloid

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-125

  Afolabi, Isaki ^a   Asl, Kamran Hamidi ^a   Nakamura, Masaaki ^a   Jacobs, Peter ^b   Hendrie, Hugh ^a   Benson, Merrill D ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wynberg Hospital   (South Africa)

^c Richard L Roudeboush Vet Aff M   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Cardiomyopathy; Hereditary; Isoleucine 122; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034031238     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506120009146249     Document Type: Article

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