Transthyretin amyloidosis (serine 44) with headache, hearing loss, and peripheral neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1462-1464

  Klein, C J ^a   Nakumura, M ^c   Jacobson, D R ^b   Lacy, M Q ^a   Benson, M D ^c   Petersen, Ronald C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DNA; NARCOTIC AGENT; PHENYLALANINE; PREALBUMIN; SERINE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031774375     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1462     Document Type: Article

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