Amyloid polyneuropathy following domino liver transplantation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 918-919

  Pradotto, Luca ^a   Franchello, Alessandro ^b   Milesi, Alessandra ^a   Romagnoli, Renato ^b   Bigoni, Matteo ^a   Vigna, Luisella ^a   Di Sapio, Alessia ^c   Salizzoni, Mauro ^b   Mauro, Alessandro ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CRESM San Luigi Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 84860897782     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23265     Document Type: Letter

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