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A Physician’s Guide to AL (Light Chain) Amyloidosis
source: Amyloidosis Foundation
year: 2016
authors: Ravi Mareedu, Raymond Q. Migrino
summary/abstract:There are several types of hereditary amyloidoses, most common of which is mATTR amyloidosis, an autosomal dominant disease that results from misfolding of mutant transthyretin, a protein produced in the liver containing a single point gene mutation. More than 100 different transthyretin mutations are known to cause amyloidosis.
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