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[A late onset familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) with a novel variant transthyretin characterized by a basic-for-acidic amino acid substitution (Glu61-->Lys)].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Sept 1996
Yamamoto T, Matsunaga K, Ohnishi A, Nakazato M, Murai Y
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A 64-year-old man has suffered from intractable diarrhea since January 1990. He noticed numbness and weakness in the distal portion of four extremities in the following several months. His symptoms were gradually progressive. In June 1992, neurological examination revealed mild muscular atrophy and weakness in the proximal and distal portions of four extremities. There were paresthesia and severe impairment of...
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