Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy without familial occurrence: carrier detection by the radioimmunoassay of variant transthyretin.

A 47 year old woman with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is reported, without familial occurrence of the disease. Her 81 year old mother and 53 year old sister were proved to be asymptomatic carriers for variant transthyretin (TTR) by means of the radioimmunoassay. It is suggested that unk...

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Main Authors: Tanaka, M, Hirai, S, Matsubara, E, Okamoto, K, Morimatsu, M, Nakazato, M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1988
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1032978/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3379433
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