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The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Original Article

Clinicopathological and biochemical findings of thyroid amyloid in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with and without liver transplantation

Guannan HuangDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Mitsuharu UedaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and Correspondence[email protected]
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Masayoshi TasakiDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and ;Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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Taro YamashitaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Yohei MisumiDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Teruaki MasudaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Genki SuenagaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Yasuteru InoueDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Yumiko KinoshitaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Sayaka MatsumotoDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Mayumi MizukamiDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Yukimoto TsudaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Toshiya NomuraDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Konen ObayashiDepartment of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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Yukio AndoDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan and
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Pages 24-29 | Received 21 Oct 2016, Accepted 21 Dec 2016, Published online: 13 Jan 2017

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