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Green tea halts progression of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis: an observational report
BACKGROUND: Treatment options in patients with amyloidotic transthyretin (ATTR) cardiomyopathy are limited. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the most abundant catechin in green tea (GT), inhibits fibril formation from several amyloidogenic proteins in vitro. Thus, it might also halt progression of...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445797/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22584381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00392-012-0463-z |