Ala97Ser mutation is common among ethnic Chinese Malaysians with transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Amyloid. 2019;26(sup1):7-8. doi: 10.1080/13506129.2019.1582479.

Authors

Soon Chai Low¹, Cheng Yin Tan¹, Nor Ashikin Md Sari², Azlina Ahmad-Annuar³, Kum Thong Wong⁴, Kon-Ping Lin⁵, Nortina Shahrizaila¹, Chong Tin Tan¹, Khean Jin Goh¹

Affiliations

¹ a Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
² b Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
³ c Department of Biomedical Science, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
⁴ d Department of Pathology, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
⁵ e Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan.

PMID: 31343308
DOI: 10.1080/13506129.2019.1582479

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / epidemiology
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / genetics*
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / pathology
China / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Prealbumin / genetics*

Substances

Prealbumin

Supplementary concepts

Amyloidosis, Hereditary, Transthyretin-Related