Homozygous transthyretin mutation in an African American male

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Jacob, Eapen K ^a   Edwards, William D ^a   Zucker, Mark ^b   D'Cruz, Cyril ^b   Seshan, Surya V ^c   Crow, Frank W ^a   Highsmith, William Edward ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED; ISOLEUCINE; PREALBUMIN; VALINE; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; BIOPSY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; GENETICS; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HOMOZYGOTE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; DNA PRIMERS; HEART DISEASES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYOCARDIUM; PREALBUMIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33947513919     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060061     Document Type: Article

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