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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 5, 1998 - Issue 3
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Analysis of x-ray diffraction patterns from amyloid of biopsied vitreous humor and kidney of transthyretin (TTR) Met30 familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) patients: axially arrayed TTR monomers constitute the protofilament

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Pages 163-174 | Received 28 Apr 1998, Accepted 07 Jul 1998, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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