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Vitreous Amyloidosis: Ocular, Systemic, and Genetic Insights.
Ophthalmology - 1 Jul 2017
Venkatesh Pradeep, Selvan Harathy, Singh Sundararajan Baskar, Gupta Divya, Kashyap Seema, Temkar Shreyas, Gogia Varun, Tripathy Koushik, Chawla Rohan, Vohra Rajpal
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PURPOSE: To report the unique clinical and surgical characteristics encountered in eyes with vitreous amyloidosis. Systemic evaluation and visual outcome after vitrectomy are discussed. A novel mutation in the transthyretin gene (TTR) in Indian patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is described. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational study. PARTICIPANTS: Ten eyes of 5 patients from 2 pedigrees with a...
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