Pathogenesis of transthyretin amyloidosis

Amyloid

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 14-15

  Benson, Merrill D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Transthyretin; Wild type

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; PREALBUMIN; TETRAMER;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; AMYLOIDOSIS; BLOOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMANS; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84861442746     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2012.668501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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