Liver transplantation for familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1375-1380

  Monteiro, Estela ^a,c   Perdigoto, Rui ^b   Furtado, Alexandre Linhares ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy, Transthyretin Methionine 30; Liver transplantation; Malnutrition; Polyneuropathy, Autonomic nervous alterations; Sequential transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PREALBUMIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 0031735228     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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