Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (Finnish type) presenting multiple cranial nerve deficits with carpal tunnel syndrome and orthostatic hypotension

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 472-475

  Makioka, Kouki ^a   Ikeda, Masaki ^a   Ikeda, Yoshio ^b   Nakasone, Ai ^a   Osawa, Tenshi ^a   Sasaki, Atsushi ^a   Otani, Tomohiro ^a   Arai, Masashi ^c   Okamoto, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Isesaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS); Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP type VI); FAP; Finnish type (FAF); Gelsolin mutation (G654A); Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PTOSIS; SLIT LAMP; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; GENETICS; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE;

GELSOLIN;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GELSOLIN; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 77952835929     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313209X409007     Document Type: Article

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