Detection of three transthyretin gene mutations in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy by analysis of DNA extracted from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-148

  Date, Yukari ^a,b   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Shirieda, Katsutoshi ^c   Fujimoto, Toshiro ^c   Matsukura, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c Fujimoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Formalin fixed and paraffin embedded tissues; PCR IMRA; PCR RFLP; Transthyretin gene mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 0030788113     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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