Homozygosity and heterozygosity for the transthyretin Leu64 mutation: Clinical, biochemical and molecular findings

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-14

  Ferlini, Alessandra ^a,b   Salvi, Fabrizio ^c   Uncini, Antonino ^d   El Chami, Jasmin ^e   Winter, Pia ^e   Altland, Klaus ^e   Repetto, Monica ^b   Littardi, Massimo ^b   Campoleoni, Andrea ^b   Vezzoni, Paolo ^b   Patrosso, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hereditary amyloidosis; Homozygosis; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

DNA; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9044222477     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb04317.x     Document Type: Article

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