Transthyretin Val 107 in a Japanese patient with familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 93-96

  Nanri, Kazunori ^a   Utsumi, Hiroya ^a   Yamada, Masahito ^b   Takata, Yoshifumi ^a   Matsumura, Atsushi ^a   Kougo, Kazusa ^a   Sekine, Shigeo ^a   Ogawa, Daisaku ^a   Toyoda, Mitsuyasu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulbar palsy; Cardiomyopathy; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Dysphonia; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; PREALBUMIN; VALINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPHONIA; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; LARYNX DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGRESSIVE BULBAR PALSY;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PREALBUMIN; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 0037098646     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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