Transthyretin amyloidosis in a patient of Iranian-Jewish extraction: A second Israeli-Jewish case

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 625-628

  Kaplan, Batia ^a   Shinar, Yael ^a   Avisar, Chen ^a   Livneh, Avi ^a  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Micro method; Mutation V32A; Transthyretin amyloid; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; CONGO RED; PREALBUMIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; AMYLOIDOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PREALBUMIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34248199397     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.129     Document Type: Article

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