Article
[A sporadic case of late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy type I (transthyretin Met 30-associated familial amyloid polyneuropathy) inborn habitant of Ehime prefecture].
No to shinkei = Brain and nerve - 1 Jul 2002
Harada Toshihide, Ishizaki Fumiko, Togo Masanori, Yamashita Hiroshi, Nitta Kohsaku, Date Yukari, Nakazato Masamitsu, Yamamura Yasuhiro, Nakamura Shigenobu
Abstract excerpt
We reported a 62-year-old man of late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy type I(transthyretin Met 30-associated familial amyloid polyneuropathy) from Ehime Prefecture. There was no family history related to endemic Japanese foci (Nagano and Kumamoto foci). He demonstrated paraesthesia in the legs and mild autonomic symptoms at the age of 52. These symptoms gradually developed. Analysis of the transthyretin...
Topics
- Amyloid
- Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial
- Disease Progression
- Humans
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Prealbumin