Late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy in an American family of English origin
Kincaid, J.C.; Wallace, M.R.; Benson, M.D.
Neurology 39(6): 861-863
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3878 PMID: 2725886 Document Number: 341150
Recent advances permit biochemical and genetic classification of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. We report a family with the methionine-30 prealbumin variant, which is atypical in late age of onset and the appearance of proximal arm weakness before more typical generalized neuropathy.
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