Amyloidosis, familial visceral

Transthyretin amyloidosis is a progressive and eventually fatal disease primarily characterized by sensory, motor, and autonomic… (More)

BACKGROUND Transthyretin amyloidosis is caused by the deposition of hepatocyte-derived transthyretin amyloid in peripheral nerves… (More)

Transthyretin (TTR)-associated amyloidosis is a late-onset autosomal-dominant genetic disease. Over 100 amyloidogenic mutations… (More)

OBJECTIVES Cardiomyopathy is a well known complication in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). Troponin T and B-natriuretic… (More)

Recent studies demonstrate that in addition to its modulatory effect on APP processing, in vivo application of Liver X Receptor… (More)

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of the C-nociceptive nerve fibers in nerve axon reflex-related vasodilation. METHODS Skin… (More)

Routine sodium bicarbonate-buffered dialysate is contaminated with predominantly gram-negative micro-organisms. These bacteria… (More)

BACKGROUND After the age of 60, isolated cardiac amyloidosis is four times more common among blacks than whites in the United… (More)

HEREDITARY non-neuropathic systemic amyloidosis (Ostertag-type)1 is a rare autosomal dominant disease in which amyloid deposition… (More)

Seven patients (five male and two female) with chronic renal failure (CRF) treated by periodical haemodialysis presented with… (More)