Amyloid deposition in ocular tissues of patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)

Amyloid

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-189

  Haraoka, Katsuki ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a   Ando, Eiko ^a   Sandgren, Ole ^a   Hirata, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Masaaki ^a   Terazaki, Hisayasu ^a   Tajiri, Takahiro ^a   Tanoue, Yutaka ^a   Sun, Xuguo ^a   Okabe, Hiroaki ^a   Tanihara, Hidenobu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Amyloidosis; FAP; Ocular tissues; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE DISEASE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; MALE; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SCLERA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS OPACITY; EYE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; CONGO RED; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036750801     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506120209114820     Document Type: Article

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