A novel transthyretin mutation V32A in a Chinese man with late-onset amyloid polyneuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Pica, Emmanuel C ^a   Pramono, Zacharias A D ^a   Verma, Kamal K ^a   San, Lai Poh ^b   Chee, Yee Woon ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amyloid polyneuropathy; Late onset; Transthyretin; V32A mutation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PREALBUMIN; VALINE;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PREALBUMIN; SINGAPORE;

EID: 23044512559     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20331     Document Type: Article

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