Trigger finger as an initial manifestation of familial amyloid polyneuropathy in a patient with Ile107Val TTR

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 501-504

  Uotani, Kyotaro ^a   Kawata, Akihiro ^a   Nagao, Masahiro ^a   Mizutani, Toshio ^a   Hayashi, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Transthyretin; Trigger finger

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GENOMIC DNA; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAND DISEASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SNAPPING FINGER; SURAL NERVE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREALBUMIN; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER; VALINE;

EID: 34247367285     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6008     Document Type: Article

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