Heavy-chain amyloidosis in TGFBI-negative and gelsolin-negative atypical lattice corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1163-1166

  Pradhan, Monika A ^a,b   Henderson, Ross A ^c   Patel, Dipika ^a,b   McGhee, Charles N J ^a,b   Vincent, Andrea L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

gelsolin; heavy chain amyloidosis; lattice corneal dystrophy; TGFBI

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GELSOLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; TGFBI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA LATTICE DYSTROPHY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HEAVY CHAIN AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BORONIC ACIDS; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GELSOLIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELPHALAN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PYRAZINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 80052737724     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821142b5     Document Type: Article

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