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Wild-type Transthyretin Amyloid Myopathy With an Inclusion Body Myositis Phenotype.
Journal of clinical neuromuscular disease - 1 Sept 2020
Huser Sara, Loavenbruck Adam, Manousakis Georgios
Abstract excerpt
Senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA), or wild-type transthyretin (wtATTR) amyloidosis, is associated most commonly with cardiomyopathy and carpal tunnel syndrome. SSA-associated skeletal myopathy is rare. We describe the case of a patient with SSA who exhibited asymmetric quadriceps and finger flexor weakness, a phenotype usually seen in inclusion body myositis.
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