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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Original Article

Single-centre experience of liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy of non-Val30Met variants in Chinese patients

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Pages 33-36 | Received 18 Oct 2011, Accepted 05 Jan 2012, Published online: 10 Feb 2012

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