Mitochondrial haplogroup is associated with the phenotype of familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy in Swedish and French patients

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Olsson, M ^a   Hellman, U ^a   Plante Bordeneuve V ^b   Jonasson, J ^a   Lang K ^c   Suhr, O B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A myloidosis; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Hereditary disease; Mitochondrial haplogroups; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; METHIONINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PREALBUMIN; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FRANCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOCHONDRION; ONSET AGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SWEDEN;

EID: 58849148616     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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