Peripheral nerves regenerated in familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 8 I, 1997, Pages 618-620

  Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a   Takei, Yo Ichi ^a   Yanagisawa, Nobuo ^a,b   Matsunami, Hidetoshi ^a,c   Hashikura, Yasuhiko ^a   Ikegami, Toshihiko ^a   Kawasaki, Seiji ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0030851779     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-8_part_1-199710150-00006     Document Type: Article

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