title: TTR-familial amyloid polyneuropathy--neurological aspects.
abstract: Transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy is characterized by a devastating sensory-motor polyneuropathy associated with life-threatening autonomic disturbance. An early diagnosis is mandatory to increase the chance to modify the course of the disease. This paper underlines the diagnostic problems encountered in this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. grrdsd@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: Violaine
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Planté-Bordeneuve
mesh_terms: D028227:Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000235:genetics*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin