L-threo-DOPS treatment of orthostatic hypotension in Swedish patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (TTR-met30)

Amyloid

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 162-166

  Wikstrom, Lars ^a   Bjerle, Per ^b   Boman, Kurt ^a   Holmgren, Gosta ^b   Steen, Lars ^b  

^a Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; L threo DOPS; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842536984     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129609045516     Document Type: Article

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