Bulbar palsy in senile onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy (30Val→Met): Transthyretin-amyloid deposits in the hypoglossal nerve root

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-214

  Ikeda, K ^a   Kinoshita, M ^a   Takamiya, K ^a   Iwasaki, Y ^a   Tomita, Y ^b   Nakano, I ^c   Nakazato, M ^d  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Aobadai Hospital   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulbar palsy; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Senile onset; Transthyretin(Met30)

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; DNA; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0031937801     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1998.520211.x     Document Type: Article

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