Long-term data from the Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy World Transplant Registry (FAPWTR)

Amyloid

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 193-195

  Wilczek, H E ^a   Larsson, M ^a   Ericzon, B G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79959936896     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2011.574354     Document Type: Article

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