Acquired amyloid neuropathy in a portuguese patient after domino liver transplantation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 836-838

  Conceição, Isabel ^a,b   Evangelista, Teresinha ^a,b   Castro, José ^a,b   Pereira, Pedro ^a,b   Silvestre, Ana ^a,b   Coutinho, Conceição A ^a,b   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Domino liver transplantation; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Nerve conduction; Sympathetic skin response; TTR

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOMINO LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDONEURIUM; ETHNICITY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 78149300882     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21806     Document Type: Article

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