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Original Article

A novel transthyretin variant p.H110D (H90D) as a cause of familial amyloid polyneuropathy in a large Irish kindred

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Pages 26-30 | Received 29 Jul 2014, Accepted 10 Nov 2014, Published online: 28 Nov 2014

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