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New transthyretin mutation V28M in a Portuguese kindred with amyloid polyneuropathy.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jul 2000
de Carvalho M, Moreira P, Evangelista T, Ducla-Soares J L, Bento M, Fernandes R, Saraiva M J
Abstract excerpt
A 62-year-old Portuguese man, with no history of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), and a 2(1/2)-year history of tingling in the toes and sexual dysfunction was found neurophysiologically to have a sensory-motor axonal polyneuropathy. Autonomic tests showed slight sympathetic and marked parasympathetic involvement. Heart, kidney, and eyes were normal. Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) mutation...
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