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

Editorial Liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: A potentially curative treatment

Pages 143-144 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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