title: A new prealbumin variant in familial amyloid cardiomyopathy of Danish origin.
abstract: A C-terminal fragment of a prealbumin variant was isolated from amyloid material obtained from the myocardium of a patient (Han) with familial amyloid cardiomyopathy of Danish origin. The prealbumin variant fragment was shown to have a methionine for leucine substitution in position 111.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nordlie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sletten
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Husby
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ranløv
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000682:Amyloid / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003718:Denmark / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D011228:Prealbumin