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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 7, 2000 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Heart failure caused by a novel amyloidogenic mutation of the transthyretin gene: ATTR Ala45Ser

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Pages 137-140 | Received 02 Sep 1999, Accepted 11 Dec 1999, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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