Regional differences and similarities of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) presentation in Brazil

Amyloid

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 65-67

  Cruz, Márcia Waddington ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amyloid; FAP; Fenotypical aspects

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861428084     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2012.673183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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