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Cardiac amyloidosis associated with a novel transthyretin aspartic acid-18 glutamic acid de novo mutation.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Nov 2003
Imamura Takuroh, Nakazato Masamitsu, Date Yukari, Komatsu Hiroyuki, Ashizuka Shinya, Aoyama Fumiyo, Sumi Motoko, Tsuruda Toshihiro, Ishikawa Tetsunori, Hirayama Naoteru, Matsuo Takeshi, Eto Tanenao
Abstract excerpt
A 40-year-old man presented with initial symptoms of syncope caused by restrictive cardiomyopathy and autonomic nervous system impairment, but it was confirmed that he had a novel transthyretin (TTR) variant, aspartic acid-18 glutamic acid (Glu), and a de novo gene mutation. A polymerase chain reaction-induced mutation restriction analysis with a mismatched sense primer demonstrated that he was heterozygous for...
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