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The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Letter

Chinese familial transthyretin amyloidosis with vitreous involvement is associated with the transthyretin mutation Gly83Arg: a case report and literature review

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Pages 140-142 | Received 18 Aug 2013, Accepted 27 Jan 2014, Published online: 06 Mar 2014

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