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

World-wide survey of liver transplantation in patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

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Pages 138-142 | Received 28 Jan 1994, Accepted 12 Apr 1994, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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