title: Transthyretin Val71Ala mutation in a Dutch family with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy.
abstract: A Dutch family with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy associated with the transthyretin mutation Val71Ala is described. This is the third reported family with this mutation, causing at the protein level an unstable TTR monomer and at the clinical level progressive wasting, polyneuropathy, autonomic dysfunction and vitreous opacities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands. e.b.haagsma@int.azg.nl
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Haagsma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scheffer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Altland
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: De Jager
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Hazenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D017772:Amyloid Neuropathies / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D017354:Point Mutation; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin