The first pure form of Ostertag-type amyloidosis in Japan: a sporadic case of hereditary fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis associated with a novel frameshift variant

Amyloid. 2015;22(2):142-4. doi: 10.3109/13506129.2015.1037389. Epub 2015 May 27.

Authors

Masahide Yazaki¹, Tsuneaki Yoshinaga, Yoshiki Sekijima, Saori Nishio, Yuji Kanizawa, Fuyuki Kametani, Kana Miyashita, Naomi Hachiya, Keiichi Higuchi, Shu-ichi Ikeda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences for Intractable Neurological Disorders, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University , Matsumoto , Japan .

PMID: 26017329
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2015.1037389

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Amyloidosis, Familial / genetics*
Exons / genetics
Female
Fibrinogen / genetics*
Frameshift Mutation / genetics
Humans
Japan

Substances

fibrinogen Aalpha
Fibrinogen

Supplementary concepts

Amyloidosis, familial visceral