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Appalachian Type Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy:

Inherited disorders of the peripheral nervous system associated with the deposition of AMYLOID in nerve tissue. The different clinical types based on symptoms correspond to the presence of a variety of mutations in several different proteins including transthyretin (PREALBUMIN); APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; and GELSOLIN.

Synonym: swiss type amyloid polyneuropathy, portuguese polyneuritic amyloidosis, iowa type amyloid polyneuropathy, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, familial amyloid neuropathy, british type amyloid polyneuropathy, type vi familial amyloid polyneuropathy, type v familial amyloid polyneuropathy, type iv familial amyloid polyneuropathy, type iii familial amyloid polyneuropathy, type ii familial amyloid polyneuropathy, type i familial amyloid polyneuropathy, portuguese type familial amyloid neuropathy, jewish type familial amyloid polyneuropathy, finnish type familial amyloid neuropathy, andrade type familial amyloid neuropathy.