Non-senile wild-type transthyretin systemic amyloidosis presenting as bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-150

  Kodaira, Minori ^a   Sekijima, Yoshiki ^a,b   Tojo, Kana ^a   Tsuchiya, Ayako ^a   Yazaki, Masahide ^a   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a   Hoshii, Yoshinobu ^c   Tachibana, Shigekuni ^d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Nishijima Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMYLOIDOSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 45749097079     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2008.00170.x     Document Type: Letter

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