A new genetic variant of hereditary apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis: a case-report followed by discussion of diagnostic challenges and therapeutic options

• Main Authors: Myrto Moutafi (Author), Dimitrios C. Ziogas (Author), Spyros Michopoulos (Author), Tina Bagratuni (Author), Vassiliki Vasileiou (Author), Laura Verga (Author), Giampaolo Merlini (Author), Giovanni Palladini (Author), Charis Matsouka (Author), Meletios A. Dimopoulos (Author), Efstathios Kastritis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hereditary amyloidosis refers to a wide spectrum of rare diseases with different causative mutations in the genes of various proteins including transthyretin, apolipoprotein AI and AII, gelsolin, lysozyme, cystatin C, fibrinogen Aα-chain, β2-microglobulin, apolipoprotein CII and...