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Rongioletti, F. (2010). Amyloidoses. In: Smoller, B., Rongioletti, F. (eds) Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Skin Diseases in Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional and Deposition Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-181-3_17

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