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Abdominal fat pad biopsies exhibit good diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected transthyretin amyloidosis

BACKGROUND: The diagnostic accuracy of histopathological detection of transthyretin amyloid (ATTR) by Congo red staining of abdominal fat samples has been questioned since low sensitivity has been reported, especially for patients with ATTR cardiomyopathy. However, the outcome of surgically obtained...

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Autores principales: Paulsson Rokke, Hedvig, Sadat Gousheh, Nima, Westermark, Per, Suhr, Ole B., Anan, Intissar, Ihse, Elisabet, Pilebro, Björn, Wixner, Jonas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7545559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33032630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-020-01565-8