Early liver transplantation is essential for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy patients' quality of life

Amyloid

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-57

  Jonsen E ^a   Suhr, O B ^a   Tashima, K ^a   Athlin, E ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis hereditary; Inborn errors of metabolism; Quality of life; Transplantation liver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035091384     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506120108993814     Document Type: Article

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