Immunohistochemical characterization of amyloid proteins in sural nerves and clinical associations in amyloid neuropathy.

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Immunohistochemical characterization of amyloid proteins in sural nerves and clinical associations in amyloid neuropathy.

The American journal of pathology - 1 Jul 1992

Li K, Kyle R A, Dyck P J

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To test whether immunohistochemical characterization of proteins in amyloid deposits in biopsied sural nerves gives reliable and useful diagnostic information using commercially available reagents, biopsy specimens of sural nerves from 38 patients with amyloid neuropathy were studied. Transthyret...

Topics

Aged
Amyloid
Amyloidosis
Biopsy
DNA
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Prealbumin
Sural Nerve

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