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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 16, 2009 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Excessive fibrinolysis in AL-amyloidosis is induced by urokinae-type plasminogen activator from bone marrow plasma cells

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Pages 89-93 | Published online: 13 Aug 2009

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