Hereditary fibrinogen A α-chain amyloidosis: Clinical phenotype and role of liver transplantation

Blood

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4313-

  Gillmore, Julian D ^a   Lachmann, Helen J ^a   Wechalekar, Ashutosh ^a   Hawkins, Philip N ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN AALPHA;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEREDITARY FIBRINOGEN A ALPHA CHAIN AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY INJURY; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; GENETICS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; PHENOTYPE;

AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77953636085     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-01-261750     Document Type: Letter

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