Article
The molecular biology and clinical features of amyloid neuropathy.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Oct 2007
Benson Merrill D, Kincaid John C
Abstract excerpt
Neuropathy is often a major manifestation of systemic amyloidosis. It is most frequently seen in patients with hereditary transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis, but is also present in 20% of patients with systemic immunoglobulin light chain (primary) amyloidosis. Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is the most common form of inherited amyloidotic polyneuropathy, with clinical and electrophysiologic findings similar...
Topics
- Amyloid Neuropathies
- Apolipoprotein A-I
- Gelsolin
- Humans
- Molecular Biology
- Mutation
- Peripheral Nerves
- Prealbumin