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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type I with extracellular superoxide dismutase mutation: a case report.
Human pathology - 1 Oct 1998
Sakashita N, Ando Y, Marklund S L, Nilsson P, Tashima K, Yamashita T, Takahashi K
Abstract excerpt
We report an autopsy case of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) Type I with mutations in both transthyretin (TTR) and extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD). This patient started to develop peripheral neuropathy at age 25, followed by cardiac, renal, and autonomic nervous system failure due to massive amyloid deposition. Thirteen years after the initial symptoms, he died of septic shock. Autopsy...
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