Amyloid neuropathy with transthyretin mutations: overview and unique Ala97Ser in Taiwan.

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Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is a major etiology in differential diagnosis of symmetric axonalform polyneuropathy, but had been considered an unusual disease in Taiwan. We have reviewed the pathology of nerve biopsies and sequenced the entire 4 exons of transthyretin (TTR), the most common genetic mutation of FAP. Our studies indicated that the mutation of TTR at Ala97Ser (TTR Ala97Ser) was a new...

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