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Japanese monozygotic twins with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) (ATTR Val30Met).
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Jun 2000
Ando Y, Ohtsu Y, Terazaki H, Kibayashi K, Nakamura M, Ando E, Matsunaga N, Obayashi K, Uchino M, Ando M, Tsunenari S
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-nine-year-old twin brothers having the amyloidogenic transthyretin (ATTR) Val30Met gene developed the clinical symptoms of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) in 1995. The twins had the same educational background and lived in the same district. FAP manifestations were similar in both cases, although electromyographic examinations revealed sensorimotor polyneuropathy in No. 1 and sensory...
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