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Cutaneous nerve biomarkers in transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jul 2017
Ebenezer Gigi J, Liu Ying, Judge Daniel P, Cunningham Kelly, Truelove Shaun, Carter Noel D, Sebastian Blessan, Byrnes Kelly, Polydefkis Michael
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the utility of skin biopsies as a biomarker of disease severity in subjects with amyloid neuropathy. METHODS: Five groups of patients were studied: (1) transthyretin (TTR) familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP; n = 20), (2) TTR mutation carriers without peripheral neuropathy (TTR-noPN; n = 10), (3) healthy controls (n = 20), (4) diabetic neuropathy disease controls (n = 20), and (5)...
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