Clinical and genetic findings in eight Israeli patients with Transthyretin-associated familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 662-665

  Leibou, Lior ^a   Frand, Jacob ^a   Sadeh, Menachem ^a   Lossos, Alexander ^b   Kremer, Eyal ^a   Livneh, Avi ^c   Yarnitsky, David ^d   Herman, Oscar ^a   Dabby, Ron ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy; Nerve biopsy; Nerve conduction studies; Neuropathy; Transthyretin gene

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MYALGIA; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; POINT MUTATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREALBUMIN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870756380     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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