Outcome of liver transplantation for transthyretin amyloidosis: Follow-up of Japanese familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-23

  Tashima, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Ando, Yukio ^a   Terazaki, Hisayasu ^a   Yoshimatsu, Shin Ichi ^a   Suhr, Ole B ^b   Obayashi, Konen ^a   Yamashita, Taro ^a   Ando, Eiko ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^a   Ando, Masayuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Clinical score; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP); Liver transplantation; Modified body mass index; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREALBUMIN; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032724681     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00231-2     Document Type: Article

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