A case of vitreous amyloidosis without systemic symptoms in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

Amyloid

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-259

  Kawaji, Takahiro ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a   Ando, Eiko ^a   Nakamura, Masaaki ^a   Hirata, Akira ^a   Tanihara, Hidenobu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Systemic symptoms; Vitreous amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; MATERIALS; NEEDLE; OPTIC DISK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE; STOMACH BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; PREALBUMIN; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 12244256129     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120400015580     Document Type: Article

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