| Literature DB >> 16971399 |
C Douglass1, K Suvarna, M M Reilly, P N Hawkins, M Hadjivassiliou.
Abstract
We report a novel transthyretin variant, Gly53Ala, in a 44-year-old British woman who presented with severe episodic headaches, often with focal neurological deficit, before developing progressive ataxia, depression, dementia and eventually peripheral neuropathy. Transthyretin amyloidosis was confirmed on biopsy of the heart muscle. Serum amyloid P component scintigraphy did not show visceral amyloid in extra-cardiac sites, but magnetic resonance imaging indicated diffuse leptomeningeal amyloidosis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16971399 PMCID: PMC2077663 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.093500
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ISSN: 0022-3050 Impact factor: 10.154