Biochemical effect of liver transplantation in two Swedish patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP‐met<sup>30</sup>)

Holmgren, Gösta; Steen, Lars; Ekstedt, Jan; Groth, Carl‐Gustav; Ericzon, B.‐G.; Eriksson, Siv; Andersen, Oluf; Karlberg, Ingvar; Nordén, Gunnela; Nakazato, M; N. Hawkins, Philip; Richardson, Suzanne; B. Pepys, Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1991.tb03085.x

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Biochemical effect of liver transplantation in two Swedish patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP‐met30)

Published in Clinical Genetics • Sep 1, 1991

Authors:

Gösta Holmgren

Lars Steen

Jan Ekstedt

Abstract

Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by progressive peripheral and autonomic neuropathy, associated with neural and systemic amyloid deposits. The amyloid fibrils contain a variant transthyretin (TTR) molecule (TTR met30), over 90% of wh...

Subject

Transthyretin

Polyneuropathy

Amyloidosis

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