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The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Original Article

AA amyloidosis in Chinese Shar-pei dogs: Immunohistochemical and amino acid sequence analyses

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Pages 92-99 | Received 01 Mar 1995, Accepted 13 Apr 1995, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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