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The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Letter to the Editor

Clinico-histopathological and biochemical analyses of corneal amyloidosis in gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy

Masayoshi TasakiDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, ;Department of Immunology and Hematology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Mitsuharu UedaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Correspondence[email protected]
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Koki MatsumotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Takahiro KawajiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Yohei MisumiDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Daisuke EikiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Genki SuenagaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Konen ObayashiDepartment of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, and
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Taro YamashitaDiagnostic Unit for Amyloidosis, Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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Hidenobu TaniharaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Yukio AndoDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan,
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Pages 67-69 | Published online: 17 Nov 2014

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