Discordant expression of familial amyloid polyneuropathy in monozygotic Brazilian twins

Amyloid

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-41

  Da Cunha Saporta, Mário André ^a,c   Plante Bordeneuve, V ^b   Misrahi, M ^b   Cruz, M W ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discordant expression; Familial amyloid neuropathy; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TTR GENE;

EID: 67651230298     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120802676955     Document Type: Article

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