Transthyretin Ser6 as a neutral polymorphism in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

Amyloid

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 242-244

  Alves, Isabel L ^a,b   Jacobson, Daniel R ^c   Torres, Maria Fátima ^b   Holmgren, Gosta ^d   Buxbaum, Joel ^c   Saraiva, Maria João M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Senile systemic amyloidosis; Transthyretin; Transthyretin variants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342412875     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129609014371     Document Type: Article

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