Effects of liver transplantation and tafamidis in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis caused by transthyretin Leu55Pro mutation: a case report

Amyloid. 2015;22(3):203-4. doi: 10.3109/13506129.2015.1031373. Epub 2015 Jul 2.

Authors

Tomoya Kon¹, Yohei Misumi, Haruo Nishijima, Masaki Honda, Chieko Suzuki, Masayuki Baba, Yukihiro Inomata, Konen Obayashi, Yukio Ando, Masahiko Tomiyama

Affiliation

¹ a Department of Neurology , Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital , Aomori , Japan .

PMID: 26123280
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2015.1031373

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac amyloidosis; Leu55Pro mutation; familial amyloid polyneuropathy; liver transplantation; tafamidis; transthyretin.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Amino Acid Substitution
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / complications
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / genetics
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / pathology
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / therapy*
Benzoxazoles / therapeutic use*
Humans
Hypesthesia / complications
Hypesthesia / genetics
Hypesthesia / pathology
Hypesthesia / therapy
Liver Transplantation*
Male
Muscle Weakness / complications
Muscle Weakness / genetics
Muscle Weakness / pathology
Muscle Weakness / therapy
Mutation*
Neuroprotective Agents / therapeutic use*
Prealbumin / chemistry
Prealbumin / genetics*

Substances

Benzoxazoles
Neuroprotective Agents
Prealbumin
tafamidis

Supplementary concepts

Amyloidosis, Hereditary, Transthyretin-Related