Significant deposition of wild type transthyretin-derived amyloid in the gastrointestinal tract of aged individuals

Amyloid

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-177

  Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a   Tojo, Kana ^a   Suzuki Tsuchiya, Ayako ^a   Akamatu, Taiji ^a   Hashimoto, Takao ^b   Higuchi, Kayoko ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Specified Medical Corporation Jisenkai Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Gastrointestinal amyloidosis; Senile systemic amyloidosis; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COLON SURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; SUBMUCOSA; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; WILD TYPE;

AGED; AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; AMYLOIDOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; PREALBUMIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 70849107879     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120903090874     Document Type: Article

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