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

Hedvig Paulsson RokkeNima Sadat GoushehPer WestermarkOle B SuhrIntissar AnanElisabet IhseBjörn PilebroJonas Wixner
Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2020)
Abdominal fat pad biopsies exhibit good diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspect ATTRv amyloidosis, including patients presenting with cardiomyopathy. In addition, the method enables typing not only of the precursor protein but also of the amyloid fibril type, which is related to the phenotype and to the outcome of the disease.
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