Genetic screening for familial amyloid polyneuropathy in patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-152

  Valentino, Paola ^a   Pirritano, Domenico ^a   Bono, Francesco ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b   Muglia, Maria ^b   Nisticò, Rita ^b   Liguori, Maria ^b   Citrigno, Luigi ^b   Aguglia, Umberto ^a,c   Branca, Damiano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 45749136450     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2008.00171.x     Document Type: Letter

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