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Fatal cerebral haemorrhage after liver transplantation in a patient with transthyretin variant (gly53glu) amyloidosis.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Nov 2006
De Carolis P, Galeotti M, Ficarra G, Masetti M, Grimaldi D, Cortelli P
Abstract excerpt
Transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis is a form of systemic amyloidosis caused by an amyloidogenetic TTR variant. The most common mutant forms of TTR are mainly produced by the liver and therefore orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is currently accepted as the only known curative treatment. We describe the clinical and pathological features of a patient with TTR variant (gly53glu) with TTR amyloid infiltration of...
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