Cardiac arrhythmias and heart rate variability in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy : A clinical study before and after liver transplantation

Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), found in the northernmost counties in Sweden, is a rare, lethal and inherited amyloidosis. The disease is caused by mutated transthyretin (TTR). The mutation is characterized by an exchange of valine for methionine at position 30 (ATTRVal30Met). FAP is char...

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Main Author: Hörnsten, Rolf
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Kirurgisk och perioperativ vetenskap 2007
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1407
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-413-7