The morphology of amyloid fibrils and their impact on tissue damage in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: An ultrastructural study

We evaluated the morphology of amyloid fibrils in the peripheral nervous system using biopsy or autopsy specimens from hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis patients. The impact of amyloid fibril formation on neighboring tissues was also investigated.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - September 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Haruki Koike, Ryoji Nishi, Shohei Ikeda, Yuichi Kawagashira, Masahiro Iijima, Takeo Sakurai, Takayoshi Shimohata, Masahisa Katsuno, Gen Sobue Source Type: research