Gelsolin-related familial amyloidosis, finnish type, in a portuguese family: Clinical and neurophysiological studies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 715-721

  Concei̧ao, Isabel ^a   Sales Luis, Maria Lurdes ^a   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a   Evangelista, Teresinha ^a   Fernandes, Rui ^b   Paunio, Tiina ^c   Kangas, Hannele ^c   Coutinho, Paula ^d   Neves, Carlos ^e   Saraiva, Maria Joao ^b  

^a Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Hospital So Sebastio   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Gelsolin; Sensory evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GELSOLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; EYE TRACKING; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GELSOLIN; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEDIGREE; PORTUGAL; SKIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0344443397     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10474     Document Type: Article

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