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Systemic but asymptomatic transthyretin amyloidosis 8 years after domino liver transplantation.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Nov 2011
Koike Haruki, Kiuchi Tetsuya, Iijima Masahiro, Ueda Mitsuharu, Ando Yukio, Morozumi Saori, Tomita Minoru, Kawagashira Yuichi, Watanabe Hirohisa, Katsuno Masahisa, Shimoyama Yoshie, Okazaki Yasumasa, Kamei Hideya, Sobue Gen
Abstract excerpt
As familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is an adult-onset disease, a long period is expected between domino liver transplantation (DLT) and the occurrence of amyloidosis in recipients of a FAP liver. However, as time passes, and increased numbers of patients have undergone DLT, patients with symptoms suggesting amyloidosis have been reported. The authors describe, for the first time, pathological findings in an...
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