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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 8, 2001 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Structural distribution of mutations associated with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy in human transthyretin

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Pages 149-168 | Received 06 Nov 2000, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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