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The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Original Article

α-Synuclein aggregation in the saliva of familial transthyretin amyloidosis: a potential biomarker

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Pages 74-80 | Received 03 Jan 2012, Accepted 17 Feb 2012, Published online: 17 May 2012

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