Transthyretin mutation (serine 84) associated with Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy in a Hungarian family

Amyloid

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-34

  Zolyomi Z ^a   Benson, M D ^b,c   Halasz K ^a   Uemichi, T ^b   Fekete, G ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Transthyretin; TTR gene mutation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PREALBUMIN;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; EXON; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; RETINA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREALBUMIN; RETINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032013091     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129809007287     Document Type: Article

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