Systemic but asymptomatic transthyretin amyloidosis 8 years after domino liver transplantation

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1287-1290

  Koike, Haruki ^a   Kiuchi, Tetsuya ^b   Iijima, Masahiro ^a   Ueda, Mitsuharu ^c   Ando, Yukio ^c   Morozumi, Saori ^a   Tomita, Minoru ^a   Kawagashira, Yuichi ^a   Watanabe, Hirohisa ^a   Katsuno, Masahisa ^a   Shimoyama, Yoshie ^b   Okazaki, Yasumasa ^a   Kamei, Hideya ^b   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOMINO LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PANCREAS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLEEN; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHYRETIN AMYLOIDOSIS;

EID: 80053619924     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.218958     Document Type: Article

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