Improvement in the polyneuropathy associated with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 944-951

  Bergethon, P R ^a,b   Sabin, T D ^a,b   Lewis, D ^c   Simms, R W ^a,b   Cohen, A S ^a,b   Skinner, M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029808637     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.944     Document Type: Article

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