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J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
July 2016
Department of Paediatrics, Veer Surendra Sai Medical -College, Burla, Odisha, India.
Rinsho Shinkeigaku
December 2000
Department of Medicine (Neurology), Shinshu University School of Medicine.
Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) and adult type (type II) citrullinemia are caused by metabolic disorders in liver: the vast majority of serum amyloid precursors (variant forms of transthyretin) in FAP are produced in liver and adult citrullinemia is ascribed to a deficiency of argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS), one of the five urea cycle enzymes in liver. Liver transplantation is, therefore, expected to correct the underlying metabolic abnormalities in both diseases. We performed partial liver transplantation using grafts from living donors for 13 patients with FAP and outcomes of 10 patients are satisfactory: polyneuritic and autonomic symptoms are gradually improving.
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