Ocular manifestations in liver transplant recipients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 520-524

  Sandgren, Ola ^a   Kjellgren, Daniel ^a   Suhr, Ole B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Familial amyloidosis; Liver transplant; Secondary glaucoma; Vitreous opacities

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL DISEASE; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SWEDEN; TRABECULECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

ADULT; AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 48449100195     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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