Familial amyloid polyneuropathy in Korea: The first case report with a proven ATTR Lys35Asn gene

Amyloid

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-64

  Ryu, Jin Kyung ^a   Baik, Hyun Wook ^a   Bae, Jin Soo ^a   Hwang, Tae Jun ^a   Paik, So Ya ^a   Yu, Hyun Jeung ^a   Choi, Byung Ok ^b   Takei, Yo Ichi ^c   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^c  

^a Boondang Jaesaeng General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid; DNA test; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Peripheral neuropathy; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GUANINE; LYSINE; PREALBUMIN; THYMINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; TTR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 21244469825     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120500032790     Document Type: Article

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