A case of atypical amyloid polyneuropathy with predominant upper-limb involvement with the diagnosis unexpectedly found at lung operation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1627-1631

  Shirota, Yuichiro ^a   Iwata, Atsushi ^a,b   Ishiura, Hiroyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Meiko ^a   Goto, Jun ^a   Shimizu, Jun ^a   Hanajima, Ritsuko ^a   Nakajima, Jun ^a   Takazawa, Yutaka ^a   Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Lung partial resection; Mononeuropathy multiplex; Nerve biopsy; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSESTHESIA; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOREFLEXIA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURAL NERVE; WEAKNESS;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; ARM; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREALBUMIN; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 77956208060     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3663     Document Type: Review

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