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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 23, 2016 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Incidence rate of amyloidosis in patients from a medical care program in Buenos Aires, Argentina: a prospective cohort

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Pages 184-187 | Received 15 Feb 2016, Accepted 27 Jun 2016, Published online: 28 Jul 2016

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