with coffee grounds vomit and melena during the previous 48 hours. He had been subject to a major abdominal surgery with splenectomy at age of 38, after a traumatic injury. Regular medication was… (More)
Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is characterized by deposition of mutated transthyretin (TTR) in the peripheral nervous system. Prior to amyloid fibrils, nonfibrillar TTR aggregates are… (More)
Retroviruses depend on self-assembly of their capsid proteins (core particle) to yield infectious mature virions. Despite the essential role of the retroviral core, its high polymorphism has hindered… (More)
INTRODUCTION
Liver transplantation modifies the natural history of end-stage liver diseases and stabilizes the course of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. An evaluation of its long-term results… (More)
BACKGROUND/AIMS
A prospective randomized study was performed to assess the effectiveness and safety of 5 different methods of hemostasis in selected patients with high-risk bleeding peptic ulcers.
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FAMILIAL amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is an inherited autosomal dominant systemic disease caused by an abnormal protein, the Transthyretin Methionine 30 (TTR Met 30, in the Portuguese variety… (More)
BACKGROUND
Helicobacter pylori eradication rates with standard triple therapy in many countries are clinically unacceptable. Fluoroquinolone resistance is increasing and jeopardizing second-line… (More)
In 1995 Furtado et al performed the first domino transplantation using a donor liver with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), thereby increasing the pool of donors. Our experience showed that the… (More)