Novel methods for detecting amyloidogenic proteins in transthyretin related amyloidosis

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5548-55558

  Ando, Yukio ^a   Ueda, Mitsuharu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; FAP; Genetic testing; Mass spectrometric analysis; Review; Senile systemic amyloidosis; SSA; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

AGED; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA PROBE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PROBES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 52049105607     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3098     Document Type: Article

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