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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 1, 1994 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Argentinian patients of European ancestry with familial amyloid polyneuropathy

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Pages 90-93 | Received 13 Dec 1993, Accepted 15 Feb 1994, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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