References
- Ando Y, Nakamura M, Araki S. Transthyretin-related familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Arc Neurol 2005;62: 1057–1062.
- Yamashita T, Ando Y, Suhr OB, Nakamura M, Sakashita N, Ohlsson PI, Terazaki H, Obayashi K, Uchino M, Ando M. A new diagnostic procedure to detect unknown transthyretin (TTR) mutations in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). J Neurol Sci 2000;173:154–159.
- Ando Y, Almeida M, Ohlsson PI, Ando E, Negi A, Suhr O, Terazaki H, Obayashi K, Ando M, Saraiva MJ. Unusual self-association properties of transthyretin Y114C related to familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: effects on detection and quantification. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999;261:264–269.
- Terazaki H, Ando Y, Misumi S, Nakamura M, Ando E, Matsunaga N, Shoji S, Okuyama M, Ideta H, Nakagawa K, A novel compound heterozygote (FAP ATTR Arg104His/ATTR Val30Met) with high serum transthyretin (TTR) and retinol binding protein (RBP) levels. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999;264:365–370.
- Sekijima Y, Wiseman RL, Matteson J, Hammarström P, Miller SR, Sawkar AR, Balch WE, Kelly JW. The biological and chemical basis for tissue-selective amyloid disease. Cell 2005;121:73–85.
- Holmgren G, Bergström S, Drugge U, Lundgren E, Nording-Sikström C, Sandgren O, Steen L. Homozygosity for the transthyretin-Met30-gene in seven individuals with familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy detected by restriction enzyme analysis of amplified genomic DNA sequences. Clin Genet 1992;41:39–41.
- Yoshinaga T, Nakazato M, Ikeda S, Ohnishi A. Homozygosity for the transthyretin-Met30 gene in three Japanese siblings with type I familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Neurology 1992;42:2045–2047.
- Yoshioka A, Yamaya Y, Saiki S, Hirose G, Shimazaki K, Nakamura M, Ando Y. A case of familial amyloid polyneuropathy homozygous for the transthyretin Val30Met gene with motor-dominant sensorimotor polyneuropathy and unusual sural nerve pathological findings. Arch Neurol 2001;58:1914–1918.
- Tojo K, Sekijima Y, Machida K, Tsuchiya A, Yazaki M, Ikeda S. Amyloidogenic transthyretin Val30Met homozygote showing unusually early-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve 2008;37:796–803.
- Koike H, Misu K, Ikeda S, Ando Y, Nakazato M, Ando E, Yamamoto M, Hattori N, Sobue G; Study Group for Hereditary Neuropathy in Japan. Type I (transthyretin Met30) familial amyloid polyneuropathy in Japan: early- vs late-onset form. Arch Neurol 2002;59:1771–1776.