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Depleted cutaneous innervation in familial amyloid
Author(s) -
RAMSEY B.,
TERENGHI G.,
POLAK J.M.,
GUILOFFJ R.J.,
BUNKER C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00154.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amyloid (mycology) , pathology , dermatology
Summary A patient with familial amyloid polyneuropathy is reported who presented with peripheral neuropathy, pruritus and xerosis, and in whom immunohistochemistry showed reduced neurotransmitters around sweat and sebaceous glands.