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Hereditary amyloidosis with progressive peripheral neuropathy associated with apolipoprotein AI Gly26Arg: outcome of hepatorenal transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Jul 2007
Testro Adam G, Brennan Stephen O, Macdonell Richard A L, Hawkins Philip N, Angus Peter W
Abstract excerpt
Liver transplantation (LT) has been reported in only 1 patient with hereditary variant apolipoprotein AI (apoAI) amyloidosis and was associated with a 50% decrease in production of variant apoAI. The potential for this to benefit clinical manifestations of apoAI amyloidosis such as peripheral neuropathy has not been determined. A 59-yr-old Irish-born male with hereditary systemic amyloidosis associated with apoAI...
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