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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Prostate amyloid tumor is a clue leading to the diagnosis of systemic AL amyloidosis

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Pages 193-194 | Received 14 Mar 2013, Accepted 15 Apr 2013, Published online: 05 Jul 2013

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