Deposition of transthyretin in early stages of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: Evidence for toxicity of nonfibrillar aggregates

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1993-2000

  Mendes Sousa, Mónica Mendes ^a   Cardoso, Isabel ^a,b   Fernandes, Rui ^a   Guimarães, António ^c   João Saraiva, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CASPASE 3; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CONGO RED; PREALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEURILEMOMA; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RAT;

EID: 0035180285     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63050-7     Document Type: Article

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