Liver transplantation and transthyretin amyloidosis
β Scribed by Benson, Merrill D.
- Book ID
- 118764869
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 732 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy is the common form of hereditary generalized amyloidosis and is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid fibrils in the peripheral nerves and other organs. Liver transplantation (LTx) has been utilized as a therapy for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy becau
Recent reports of the transmission of systemic transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis after domino liver transplantation (DLT) using grafts from patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) have raised concerns about the procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the transmission incidence of
Four years ago, Stangou et al. 1 reported a patient who developed clinical symptoms of amyloidosis 8 years after domino liver transplantation (DLT). In order to alleviate the graft shortage, livers from patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) are used as domino grafts for other pati