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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 12, 2005 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Amyloid: Toward terminology clarification Report from the Nomenclature Committee of the International Society of Amyloidosis

Per Westermark Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Merrill D Benson Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Joel N Buxbaum Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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Alan S Cohen Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Blas Frangione Department of Pathology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA
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Shu-Ichi Ikeda Third Department of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Colin L Masters Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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Giampaolo Merlini Amyloidosis Centre, Biotechnology Research Laboratories, University Hospital IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Maria J Saraiva Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Unidade de Amiloide, Porto, Portugal
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Jean D Sipe NIH – Center for Scientific Review, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Pages 1-4 | Received 19 Nov 2004, Accepted 06 Dec 2004, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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