Recurrent cerebral embolism in a familial amyloid polyneuropathy patient who received partial liver transplantation from a living donor

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-264

  Owa, Mafumi ^a   Takei, Yo Ichi ^a   Hashikura, Yasuhiko ^a   Kawasaki, Seiji ^a   Koyama, Masamichi ^a   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid heart; Cardiac thrombus; Cardiomyopathy; Coagulopathy; Stroke; Systemic embolism

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; BRAIN; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; BRAIN; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035287089     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.259     Document Type: Article

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