Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (ATTR Ser50Ile): The first autopsy case report

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 436, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-350

  Sakashita, Naomi ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a   Obayashi, Konen ^a   Terazaki, Hisayasu ^a   Yamashita, Taro ^a   Takei, Mineo ^b   Kinjo, Mitsuru ^c   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HARASANSHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; ATTR Ser50Ile; Autopsy; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; PREALBUMIN; SERINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIARRHEA; DYSESTHESIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIGMOID; THYROID GLAND; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034049122     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050457     Document Type: Article

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