Late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy: An autopsy study of two Japanese brothers

Amyloid

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 198-205

  Fujitake, Junko ^a   Mizuta, Haruo ^a   Fujii, Hayato ^a   Ishikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Katsuyama, Eiji ^b   Takasu, Kosho ^a   Saida, Kyoko ^a   Tatsuoka, Yoshihisa ^a,c  

^a KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER WEST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Tatsuoka Neurology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Late onset; Sibling; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; METHIONINE; PREALBUMIN; VALINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GANGLION; GLOMERULUS; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL ROOT;

EID: 0242659288     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506120308999001     Document Type: Article

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