Vitreous amyloidosis after liver transplantation in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy: Ocular synthesis of mutant transthyretin

Amyloid

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 266-269

  Munar Ques, M ^a   Salva Ladaria, L ^a   Mulet Perera, P ^a   Sole, M ^a   Lopez Andreu, F R ^a   Saraiva, M J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Liver transplantation; Transthyretin; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 0033638822     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506120009146440     Document Type: Article

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