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[Clinical diversity, diagnosis and treatment of hereditary amyloid neuropathy].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Jan 2014
Sekijima Yoshiki
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary amyloid neuropathy includes hereditary ATTR, hereditary AGel, hereditary AApoAI, and hereditary Aβ2M amyloidosis. Among these diseases, hereditary ATTR is the most common type of amyloidosis caused by mutation in the transthyretin (TTR) gene. Hereditary ATTR amyloidosis is a life-threatening, multi-symptom, gain-of-toxic-function disease that may present with peripheral neuropathy, autonomic...
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