Hereditary amyloidosis of the Finnish type in a German family: Clinical and electrophysiological presentation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-684

  Lüttmann, Rainer J ^a,b   Teismann, Inga ^a   Husstedt, Ingo W ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a   Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal lattice dystrophy; Facial palsy; Familial amyloid neuropathy; Gelsolin; Hereditary amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; G654A GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GERMANY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; LIP MALFORMATION; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE PARALYSIS; VIBRATION DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GELSOLIN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951290391     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21534     Document Type: Article

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