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The Tenosynovitis of Fingers Associated with Transthyretin Amyloidosis.
The journal of hand surgery Asian-Pacific volume - 1 Sept 2020
Hara Yukinori, Tajiri Yasuhito, Kawano Kenichi, Hoshikawa Shinya, Kita Yusuke
Abstract excerpt
Background: Amyloidosis treatment has advanced rapidly along with the discovery of drugs to prevent amyloid deposition. Therefore, it is vital to detect amyloidosis at an early stage. Wild-type transthyretin, which can cause carpal tunnel syndrome, may also cause finger tenosynovitis. However, the correlation between wild-type transthyretin amyloid and finger tenosynovitis is unclear. Here, we investigated...
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