Familial amyloidosis in a large Spanish kindred resulting from a D38V mutation in the transthyretin gene.

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BACKGROUND: Transthyretin amyloidosis, also known as familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, is an autosomal dominant disorder that results from a mutation in the gene encoding plasma transthyretin (TTR). Distinct clinical presentations of the disease have been related so far to different point mutations, polyneuropathy being the predominant clinical feature in the majority of cases. Nevertheless, misdiagnosis of...

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