Clinical and histopathological features of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy with transthyretin Val30Ala in a Chinese family

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Liu, Jing Yao ^a   Guo, Ying Jie ^a   Zhou, Chun Kui ^a   Ye, Yu Qin ^a   Feng, Jun Qiang ^b   Yin, Fei ^a   Jiang, Xin Mei ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Neurology   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Autopsy; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Polymorphism; Transthyretin (TTR) gene

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; BLADDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHINESE; CODON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE MUTATION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE; NEUROPATHY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PANCREAS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; TONGUE;

ADULT; ALANINE; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; PREALBUMIN; VALINE;

EID: 79953304225     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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