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The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Original Article

Clinical and pathological studies of cardiac amyloidosis in transthyretin type familial amyloid polyneuropathy

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Pages 229-239 | Received 03 Oct 2002, Accepted 16 Jul 2003, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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