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In vivo detection of nerve injury in familial amyloid polyneuropathy by magnetic resonance neurography.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2015
Kollmer Jennifer, Hund Ernst, Hornung Benjamin, Hegenbart Ute, Schönland Stefan O, Kimmich Christoph, Kristen Arnt V, Purrucker Jan, Röcken Christoph, Heiland Sabine, Bendszus Martin, Pham Mirko
Abstract excerpt
Transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy is a rare, autosomal-dominant inherited multisystem disorder usually manifesting with a rapidly progressive, axonal, distally-symmetric polyneuropathy. The detection of nerve injury by nerve conduction studies is limited, due to preferential involvement of small-fibres in early stages. We investigated whether lower limb nerve-injury can be detected, localized and...
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