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[ "A French family in which three individuals had familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) was investigated. The proband presented cardiomyopathy with atrial arrhythmia and then developed axonal polyneuropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, and sclerodactyly. Nucleotide sequencing of exons 2, 3 and 4 of the transthyretin (TTR) gene revealed heterozygosity for a single base change in the second position of codon 47. This G to C transversion predicts replacement of a glycine by an alanine at position 47 in the mature protein. This mutation (G47A) was previously identified in two different families of Italian origin both of which had FAP and cardiomyopathy. Here we report the first identification of this mutation in a non-Italian family." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n French family in which three individuals had familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n was investigated. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n proband\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n presented \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy with atrial arrhythmia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and then developed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n axonal polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n carpal tunnel syndrome\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sclerodactyly\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Nucleotide sequencing of exons 2, 3 and 4 of the transthyretin (TTR) gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heterozygosity for a single base change in the second position of codon 47\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. This \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n G to C transversion predicts replacement of a glycine by an alanine at position 47 in the mature protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. This \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutation (G47A)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n was previously identified in two different families of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Italian\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n origin \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n both of which had FAP and cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. Here we report the first identification of this mutation in a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n non-Italian family\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "axonal polyneuropathy" ]

[ "heterozygosity for a single base change in the second position of codon 47", "G to C transversion predicts replacement of a glycine by an alanine at position 47 in the mature protein", "mutation (G47A)" ]

[ "cardiomyopathy with atrial arrhythmia", "carpal tunnel syndrome", "sclerodactyly" ]

[ "French family in which three individuals had familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "Italian", "non-Italian family" ]

[ "A 70-year-old Japanese man with amyloid polyneuropathy associated with a Val 107 transthyretin (TTR) mutation is reported. The patient presented with carpal tunnel syndrome, cardiomyopathy, bulbar palsy, dysphonia and polyneuropathy. DNA analysis of the TTR gene revealed a point mutation responsible for substitution of valine for isoleucine at position 107 of the TTR molecule. Taken together with reports of patients with the same TTR variant, Val 107 TTR mutation is probably associated with a clinical phenotype characterized by carpal tunnel syndrome, cardiomyopathy, bulbar palsy and dysphonia. This case implies a worldwide distribution of the Val 107 TTR mutation with a common clinical phenotype, despite different ethnic background." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 70-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Japanese\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n associated with a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Val 107 transthyretin (TTR) mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is reported. The patient presented with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n carpal tunnel syndrome\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n bulbar palsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n dysphonia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n DNA analysis of the TTR gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n point mutation responsible for substitution of valine for isoleucine at position 107 of the TTR molecule\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. Taken together with reports of patients with the same TTR variant, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Val 107 TTR mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is probably associated with a clinical phenotype characterized by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n carpal tunnel syndrome\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n bulbar palsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n dysphonia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. This case implies a worldwide distribution of the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Val 107 TTR mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n with a common clinical phenotype, despite different ethnic background.</div>" ]

[ "amyloid polyneuropathy" ]

[ "Val 107 transthyretin (TTR) mutation", "point mutation responsible for substitution of valine for isoleucine at position 107 of the TTR molecule", "Val 107 TTR mutation", "Val 107 TTR mutation" ]

[ "carpal tunnel syndrome", "cardiomyopathy", "bulbar palsy", "dysphonia", "polyneuropathy", "carpal tunnel syndrome", "cardiomyopathy", "bulbar palsy", "dysphonia" ]

[ "Japanese" ]

[ "The most frequent localization of amyloid in transthyretin (TTR) mutations is in the peripheral nerve, causing familial amyloidpolyneuropathy (FAP). It is generally accompanied by involvement of other organs such as the myocardium and kidney. To date, over 70 TTR point mutations have been reported in literature, with different phenotypes depending on the location of the mutation in the TTR gene. This paper deals with a point mutation in exon 2 position 47 of the TTR gene, encoding the substitution of glycine with glutamate. The mutation was found in an Italian family with 5 patients over 3 generations. The phenotype was characterised by peripheral neuropathy and autonomic dysfunction, associated in some patients with cardiomyopathy and renal involvement. The symptoms were very severe and the patients did not survive long, thus suggesting the aggressive nature of the pathological process. Moreover, in the succeeding generations of this family, there was genetic anticipation in the age of onset of the disease." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">The most frequent localization of amyloid in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transthyretin (TTR) mutations\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is in the peripheral nerve, causing \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloidpolyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. It is generally accompanied by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n involvement of other organs such as the myocardium and kidney\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. To date, over 70 \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR point mutations\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n have been reported in literature, with different phenotypes depending on the location of the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutation in the TTR gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. This paper deals with a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n point mutation in exon 2 position 47 of the TTR gene, encoding the substitution of glycine with glutamate\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The mutation was found in an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Italian\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n family with 5 patients over 3 generations\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. The phenotype was characterised by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral neuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autonomic dysfunction\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, associated in some patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n renal involvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n symptoms were very severe\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and the patients \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n did not survive long\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, thus suggesting the aggressive nature of the pathological process. Moreover, in the succeeding generations of this family, there was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n genetic anticipation in\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n the age of onset of the disease.</div>" ]

[ "transthyretin (TTR) mutations", "familial amyloidpolyneuropathy (FAP)" ]

[ "TTR point mutations", "mutation in the TTR gene", "point mutation in exon 2 position 47 of the TTR gene, encoding the substitution of glycine with glutamate" ]

[ "involvement of other organs such as the myocardium and kidney", "peripheral neuropathy", "autonomic dysfunction", "cardiomyopathy", "renal involvement", "symptoms were very severe" ]

[ "Italian" ]

[ "did not survive long" ]

[ "A Japanese case with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) associated with the transthyretin mutation Thr60Ala (Appalachian-type mutation) is described This is the first reported case of a non-Caucasian harboring this type of TTR mutation. The patient developed severe late-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy as well as sensorimotor and autonomic polyneuropathy, which were essentially similar to the previously reported clinical pictures of Appalachian-type FAP." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Japanese\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n case with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n associated with the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transthyretin mutation Thr60Ala (Appalachian-type mutation)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is described This is the first reported case of a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n non-Caucasian\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n harboring this \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n type of TTR mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The patient developed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe late-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n as well as \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sensorimotor and autonomic polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, which were essentially similar to the previously reported clinical pictures of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Appalachian-type FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)", "Appalachian-type FAP" ]

[ "transthyretin mutation Thr60Ala (Appalachian-type mutation)", "type of TTR mutation" ]

[ "severe late-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy", "sensorimotor and autonomic polyneuropathy" ]

[ "Japanese", "non-Caucasian" ]

[ "The Ile122 transthyretin variant associated with restrictive cardiomyopathy has been described in African-Americans and estimated to be present in approximately 4% of the Black population. We report the first American-Caucasian family with cardiomyopathy due to the TTR Ile122 mutation. The high prevalence of this mutation in the Black population and the discovery that it may cause disease in other ethnic populations highlights the importance of considering this autosomal dominant systemic amyloidosis in all individuals with restrictive cardiomyopathy. Inadequate diagnosis combined with inappropriate treatment may have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Ile122 transthyretin variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n associated with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n has been described in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n African-Americans\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n and estimated to be present in approximately 4% of the Black population. We report the first \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n American-Caucasian\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n family with cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n due to the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR Ile122 mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The high prevalence of this mutation in the Black population and the discovery that it may cause disease in other ethnic populations highlights the importance of considering this \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autosomal dominant systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n in all individuals with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. Inadequate diagnosis combined with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n inappropriate treatment\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n may have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality.</div>" ]

[ "restrictive cardiomyopathy", "autosomal dominant systemic amyloidosis", "restrictive cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "Ile122 transthyretin variant", "TTR Ile122 mutation" ]

[ "African-Americans", "American-Caucasian" ]

[ "inappropriate treatment" ]

[ "Cerebral embolism in relation to cardiac amyloidosis has not been widely noted. A 47-year-old woman who had been suffering from familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) for 7 years was treated with partial liver transplantation from a living donor and her early postoperative course was uneventful. During the 391st to 613th postoperative day she experienced recurrent cerebral infarctions, but clinical examinations revealed no disorders capable of producing cerebral embolism. At autopsy splenic infarction and intracardiac thrombi adhering to the mitral valve and left atrium were found, and these areas showed severe amyloid deposition. Amyloid heart is considered to be one possible cause of systemic embolism." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Cerebral embolism\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in relation to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n has not been widely noted. A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 47-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n woman\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n who had been suffering from \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n for 7 years\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n was treated with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n partial liver transplantation from a living donor\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n her\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n early postoperative course was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n uneventful\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. During the 391st to 613th postoperative day \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n she\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n experienced \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n recurrent cerebral infarctions\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, but \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n clinical examinations\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no disorders capable of producing cerebral embolism\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. At \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n splenic infarction\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n intracardiac thrombi adhering to the mitral valve and left atrium\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n were found, and these areas showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe amyloid deposition\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is considered to be one possible cause of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic embolism\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "cardiac amyloidosis", "familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "Amyloid heart" ]

[ "Cerebral embolism", "uneventful", "recurrent cerebral infarctions", "splenic infarction", "intracardiac thrombi adhering to the mitral valve and left atrium", "systemic embolism" ]

[ "for 7 years", "partial liver transplantation from a living donor" ]

[ "no disorders capable of producing cerebral embolism" ]

[ "A new transthyretin (TTR) variant (lysine 92), which causes late onset cardiac amyloidosis, is described in a 71-year-old man. The patient at first had syncope due to ventricular tachycardia and was admitted our hospital. Typical findings of cardiac amyloidosis were observed by echocardiography, and a diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis was made by rectal biopsy. The man died approximately 3 years and 6 months after first admission, with gradually worsening congestive heart failure. Pathological examination showed prominent amyloid deposits in the heart and the vascular wall of many organs including the liver, pancreas, kidney, lung, and gastrointestinal tracts. Amyloid protein of transthyretin type was indicated by immunohistochemical study, and DNA sequencing identified a novel mutation in the transthyretin gene encoding 92 glutamine --> lysine. A polymerase chain reaction-induced mutation restriction analysis with a mismatched antisense primer showed that the patient was heterozygous for the TTR Lys92 allele." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n new transthyretin (TTR) variant (lysine 92)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, which causes \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n late onset cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, is described in a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 71-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n. The patient at first had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n syncope\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n due to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n ventricular tachycardia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and was admitted our hospital. Typical findings of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n were observed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, and a diagnosis of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n was made by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n rectal biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n died\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n approximately 3 \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n years and 6 months\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n after first admission, with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n gradually worsening congestive heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Pathological examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n prominent amyloid deposits in the heart and the vascular wall of many organs including the liver, pancreas, kidney, lung, and gastrointestinal tracts\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid protein of transthyretin type\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n was indicated by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunohistochemical study\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n DNA sequencing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n identified a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n novel mutation in the transthyretin gene encoding 92 glutamine --&gt; lysine\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n polymerase chain reaction-induced mutation restriction analysis with a mismatched antisense primer\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed that the patient was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heterozygous for the TTR Lys92 allele\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "late onset cardiac amyloidosis", "systemic amyloidosis" ]

[ "new transthyretin (TTR) variant (lysine 92)", "novel mutation in the transthyretin gene encoding 92 glutamine --> lysine", "heterozygous for the TTR Lys92 allele" ]

[ "syncope", "ventricular tachycardia", "cardiac amyloidosis", "died", "gradually worsening congestive heart failure" ]

[ "Cardiac failure in transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis patients has been shown to be caused by different mutations in the TTR gene. In the present case, a 73-year-old man from Northern Sweden was evaluated for heart failure. Amyloid deposits were found in subcutaneous fat and in intestinal biopsies. The presence of a variant form of TTR was detected in the plasma by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The mutation was located by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of the TTR gene where a band shift was seen in exon 2. Direct sequencing of exon 2 revealed a single base-pair substitution (G1724T). This transversion results in an amino acid substitution at codon 45, alanine to serine (ATTR Ala45Ser). Mass spectrometry analysis excluded that the variant is a polymorphism, since no similar shift in molecular weight has been present in more than 200 control samples. Congo red and immunostaining of duodenum biopsy specimens confirmed the presence of systemic ATTR amyloidosis, and clinical examination, including echocardiography, found evidence of a restrictive cardiomyopathy. He had 10 years previously been operated for a bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, but otherwise no symptoms were present that could be attributed to his systemic amyloidosis. No axonal polyneuropathy was noted at nerve conduction studies. This novel mutation is the second amyloidogenic TTR mutation found in the Swedish population." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Cardiac failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n patients has been shown to be caused by different \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutations in the TTR gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. In the present case, a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 73-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n from \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Northern Sweden\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n was evaluated for \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid deposits were found in subcutaneous fat and in intestinal biopsies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n presence of a variant form of TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was detected \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n in the plasma\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The mutation was located by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of the TTR gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n where a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n band shift was seen in exon 2\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Direct sequencing of exon 2\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n single base-pair substitution (G1724T)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. This \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transversion results in an amino acid substitution at codon 45, alanine to serine (ATTR Ala45Ser)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Mass spectrometry analysis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n excluded that the variant is a polymorphism, since no similar shift in molecular weight has been present in more than 200 control samples. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Congo red and immunostaining of duodenum biopsy specimens\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n confirmed the presence of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic ATTR amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n clinical examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, including \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, found \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n evidence of a restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n He\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 10 years previously been operated for a bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n, but \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n otherwise no symptoms were present that could be attributed to his systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n No axonal polyneuropathy was noted at nerve conduction studies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. This \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n novel mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is the second \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidogenic TTR mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n found in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Swedish\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n population.</div>" ]

[ "transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis", "systemic ATTR amyloidosis" ]

[ "mutations in the TTR gene", "band shift was seen in exon 2", "single base-pair substitution (G1724T)", "transversion results in an amino acid substitution at codon 45, alanine to serine (ATTR Ala45Ser)", "novel mutation", "amyloidogenic TTR mutation" ]

[ "Cardiac failure", "heart failure", "evidence of a restrictive cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "10 years previously been operated for a bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome" ]

[ "Northern Sweden", "Swedish" ]

[ "presence of a variant form of TTR", "in the plasma" ]

[ "otherwise no symptoms were present that could be attributed to his systemic amyloidosis", "No axonal polyneuropathy was noted at nerve conduction studies" ]

[ "We detected a point mutation in the transthyretin (TTR) gene associated with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) in a 57-year old male presenting with sensorimotor polyneuropathy, severe autonomic dysfunction and cardiomyopathy using a non-isotopic RNase cleavage assay (NIRCA). NIRCA suggested that the mutation site was near either amino acid position 58 of mature TTR or the 3' end of exon 3. Direct DNA sequencing showed both a normal GAG (Glu) and a variant AAG (Lys) codon at amino acid position 89 of mature TTR, which has not been previously reported. The site of this mutation is near the 3' end of exon 3, consistent with the result of NIRCA. This mutation was also confirmed by polymerase chain reaction-induced mutation restriction analysis (PCR-IMRA)." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">We detected a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n point mutation in the transthyretin (TTR) gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n associated with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n in a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 57-year old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n male\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n presenting with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sensorimotor polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe autonomic dysfunction\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n using a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n non-isotopic RNase cleavage assay (NIRCA)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n NIRCA\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n suggested that the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutation site was near either amino acid position 58 of mature TTR or the 3' end of exon 3\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Direct DNA sequencing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n both a normal GAG (Glu) and a variant AAG (Lys) codon at amino acid position 89 of mature TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, which has not been previously reported. The site \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n of this mutation is near the 3' end of exon 3\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, consistent with the result of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n NIRCA\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. This mutation was also confirmed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n polymerase chain reaction-induced mutation restriction analysis (PCR-IMRA)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)" ]

[ "point mutation in the transthyretin (TTR) gene", "mutation site was near either amino acid position 58 of mature TTR or the 3' end of exon 3", "both a normal GAG (Glu) and a variant AAG (Lys) codon at amino acid position 89 of mature TTR", "of this mutation is near the 3' end of exon 3" ]

[ "sensorimotor polyneuropathy", "severe autonomic dysfunction", "cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "General shortage of cadaveric organs has led to a search for alternative methods to expand the donor pool. Sequential (domino) transplantation is yet another attempt to compensate for the declining consent to organ donation.", "To qualify for a domino liver transplantation, the following preconditions must be fulfilled: (1) extrahepatic disease must exist, (2) liver must be fully functional, and (3) the genetic defect in the host should recur within a sufficient latency period. Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is an autosomal dominant disease which involves a genetic defect for transthyretin (TTR), which is predominantly produced in the liver.", "In this report, we describe a rare case of a FAP TTR-50 variant undergoing domino liver transplantation. Since myocardial symptoms precede peripheral polyneuropathy, special emphasis should be placed on arrhythmias and the restrictive cardiomyopathy necessitating a veno-venous bypass or a cardiac pacemaker in order to improve cardiac contractility. The type of anastomosis of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava and possible alternatives are discussed.", "Despite ethical problems, the advantages of the domino procedure are obvious: (1) expansion of the donor pool, (2) ability to use living donors, and (3) presence of very short ischemic time and thus excellent liver function. Due to the kinetics of TTR production and deposition, donors and recipients of FAP livers should be followed up using an extensive neurological and cardiological protocol." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">General shortage of cadaveric organs has led to a search for alternative methods to expand the donor pool. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Sequential (domino) transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n is yet another attempt to compensate for the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n declining consent to organ donation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>", "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">To qualify for a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n domino liver transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n, the following preconditions must be fulfilled: (1) \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extrahepatic disease\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n must exist, (2) \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n liver must be fully functional\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and (3) the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n genetic defect in the host\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n should recur within a sufficient latency period. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autosomal dominant disease\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n which involves a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n genetic defect for transthyretin (TTR)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, which is predominantly produced in the liver.</div>", "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">In this report, we describe a rare case of a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP TTR-50 variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n undergoing \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n domino liver transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n. Since \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n myocardial symptoms\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n precede \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, special emphasis should be placed on \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n arrhythmias\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n necessitating a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n veno-venous bypass or a cardiac pacemaker\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n in order to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n improve cardiac contractility\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n type of anastomosis of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n and possible alternatives are discussed.</div>", "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">Despite ethical problems, the advantages of the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n domino procedure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n are obvious: (1) expansion of the donor pool, (2) ability to use \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n living donors\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n, and (3) presence of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n very short ischemic time\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and thus \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n excellent liver function\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. Due to the kinetics of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR production and deposition\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, donors and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n recipients\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP livers\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n should be followed up using an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extensive neurological and cardiological protocol\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "FAP TTR-50 variant" ]

[ "genetic defect in the host", "autosomal dominant disease", "genetic defect for transthyretin (TTR)" ]

[ "extrahepatic disease", "liver must be fully functional", "myocardial symptoms", "peripheral polyneuropathy", "arrhythmias", "restrictive cardiomyopathy", "improve cardiac contractility", "very short ischemic time", "excellent liver function" ]

[ "Sequential (domino) transplantation", "domino liver transplantation", "domino liver transplantation", "veno-venous bypass or a cardiac pacemaker", "type of anastomosis of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava", "domino procedure", "living donors", "recipients", "FAP livers" ]

[ "TTR production and deposition" ]

[ "declining consent to organ donation" ]

[ "Transthyretin-Met 30 (TTR-Met 30) is a variant of transthyretin and is usually associated with familial amyloid polyneuropathy. It is rare that patients with TTR-Met 30 will primarily develop amyloid cardiomyopathy. This report presents a patient with late-onset TTR-Met 30 who primarily developed amyloid cardiomyopathy, with less amyloid polyneuropathy in the peripheral nervous system than is usually seen. An autopsy was performed, and histological examination revealed many foreign-body giant cells and macrophages in the area of amyloid deposition that was found in nearly all of the organs." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Transthyretin-Met 30 (TTR-Met 30)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n variant of transthyretin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n and is usually associated with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. It is rare that patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR-Met 30\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n will primarily develop \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. This report presents a patient with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n late-onset\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR-Met 30\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n who primarily developed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n less amyloid polyneuropathy in the peripheral nervous system\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n than is usually seen. An \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was performed, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n histological examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n many foreign-body giant cells and macrophages in the area of amyloid deposition that was found in nearly all of the organs\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloid polyneuropathy", "amyloid cardiomyopathy", "late-onset", "amyloid cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "Transthyretin-Met 30 (TTR-Met 30)", "variant of transthyretin", "TTR-Met 30", "TTR-Met 30" ]

[ "less amyloid polyneuropathy in the peripheral nervous system" ]

[ "An 83 year old white man with atrial fibrillation was admitted to hospital after a cerebral infarct. Echocardiography was characteristic of cardiac amyloid deposition and subsequent tests confirmed amyloidosis of transthyretin (TTR) type, in association with the Ile122 mutation of the TTR gene; this has only been reported previously in African Americans in whom it occurs with an allele frequency of 2%. Haplotype analysis did not suggest a different founder than for the African Ile122 mutation. Cardiac amyloidosis should be considered among elderly patients presenting with cardiac failure and/or arrhythmia, particularly if they are resistant to conventional treatment; if confirmed, it should be followed by precise characterisation of amyloid fibril type. The prevalence of autosomal dominant cardiac TTR amyloidosis in elderly white people is unknown but early diagnosis and supportive treatment may prevent complications among affected family members." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">An \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 83 year old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n white\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n atrial fibrillation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n was admitted to hospital after a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cerebral infarct\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was characteristic of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloid deposition\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and subsequent tests confirmed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidosis of transthyretin (TTR) type,\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n in association with the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Ile122 mutation of the TTR gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n; this has only been reported previously in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n African Americans\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n in whom it occurs with an allele frequency of 2%. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Haplotype analysis did not suggest a different founder than for the African Ile122 mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n should be considered among \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n elderly\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n patients presenting with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and/or \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n arrhythmia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, particularly if they are \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n resistant to conventional treatment\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n; if confirmed, it should be followed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n precise characterisation of amyloid fibril type\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The prevalence of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autosomal dominant cardiac TTR amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n elderly\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n white people is unknown but early diagnosis and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n supportive treatment\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n may \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n prevent complications among affected family members\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "amyloidosis of transthyretin (TTR) type,", "Cardiac amyloidosis", "autosomal dominant cardiac TTR amyloidosis" ]

[ "Ile122 mutation of the TTR gene" ]

[ "atrial fibrillation", "cerebral infarct", "cardiac amyloid deposition", "cardiac failure", "arrhythmia", "prevent complications among affected family members" ]

[ "supportive treatment" ]

[ "white", "African Americans" ]

[ "Haplotype analysis did not suggest a different founder than for the African Ile122 mutation", "resistant to conventional treatment" ]

[ "The detection and characterization of a new transthyretin (ATTR) variant, Ser23Asn, associated with cardiomyopathy in a Portuguese patient with familial amyloidosis is described. Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of serum from the propositus demonstrated heterozygosity for the presence of wild type and variant ATTR. A combination of mass spectrometric (MS) analyses, including electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/ESI MS and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) performed on the serum-derived TTR were used to identify and locate the amino acid replacement in the variant protein. Genetic mutation analysis by DNA sequencing and allele-specific PCR confirmed this finding." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">The detection and characterization of a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n new transthyretin (ATTR) variant, Ser23Asn\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, associated with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n in a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Portuguese\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n patient with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is described. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of serum from the propositus\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n demonstrated \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heterozygosity for the presence of wild type and variant ATTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. A combination of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mass spectrometric (MS) analyses\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, including \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI MS)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/ESI MS\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n performed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n on the serum-derived TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n were used to identify and locate the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amino acid replacement in the variant protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Genetic mutation analysis by DNA sequencing and allele-specific PCR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n confirmed this finding.</div>" ]

[ "cardiomyopathy", "familial amyloidosis" ]

[ "new transthyretin (ATTR) variant, Ser23Asn", "heterozygosity for the presence of wild type and variant ATTR", "amino acid replacement in the variant protein" ]

[ "Portuguese" ]

[ "Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy is an inherited form of amyloidosis associated with a mutant form of a protein called transthyretin. The Methionine-30 variant is the most frequent mutation observed. This disorder is caused by deposition of this protein as amyloid in several organs, such as the heart, kidneys, and peripheral nervous system. The disease is always progressive and fatal, and patients die 7 to 10 years after the onset of symptoms. Liver transplantation is at present the only choice for these patients because it provides improvement of symptoms and/or stops progression of the disease in most patients. We report the case of a patient who showed clear progression of cardiomyopathy and neuropathy after liver transplantation." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n inherited form of amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n associated with a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutant form of a protein called transthyretin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Methionine-30 variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is the most frequent mutation observed. This disorder is caused by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n deposition of this protein as amyloid in several organs, such as the heart, kidneys, and peripheral nervous system\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. The disease is always progressive and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n fatal\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and patients \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n die\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n 7 to 10 years after the onset of symptoms. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Liver transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n is at present the only choice for these patients because it provides \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n improvement of symptoms\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and/or \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n stops progression of the disease\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in most patients. We report the case of a patient who showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n clear progression of cardiomyopathy and neuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n after \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n liver transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy" ]

[ "inherited form of amyloidosis", "mutant form of a protein called transthyretin", "Methionine-30 variant" ]

[ "fatal", "die", "improvement of symptoms", "stops progression of the disease", "clear progression of cardiomyopathy and neuropathy" ]

[ "Liver transplantation", "liver transplantation" ]

[ "A new TTR variant, Val122Ala, was characterized in an individual who carried the Gly6Ser polymorphism on the opposite allele. The main clinical feature of this familial transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) variant is extensive cardiomyopathy. The detection and characterization of the variant were performed using a combination of isoelectric focusing (IEF), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), immunoprecipitation, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS), HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography)/ESIMS, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDIMS). The results were confirmed by DNA analysis. The propositus has a brother who carries the new variant but not the polymorphism." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n new TTR variant, Val122Ala\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, was characterized in an individual who \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n carried the Gly6Ser polymorphism on the opposite allele\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The main clinical feature of this \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extensive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The detection and characterization of the variant were performed using a combination of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n isoelectric focusing (IEF)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunoprecipitation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography)/ESIMS\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDIMS)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The results were confirmed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n DNA analysis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n propositus has a brother who carries the new variant but not the polymorphism\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) variant" ]

[ "new TTR variant, Val122Ala", "carried the Gly6Ser polymorphism on the opposite allele" ]

[ "extensive cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "A sixty-three year old French man presented with isolated late-onset amyloid cardiomyopathy proven by endomyocardial biopsy. There was no known family history of amyloidosis. Immunohistochemistry of cardiac deposits suggested that amyloi fibrils were derived from transthyretin. DNA sequencing revealed a point mutation in exon 2 of the transthyretin gene responsible for a novel amyloidogenic variant Asp42." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sixty-three year old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n French\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n presented with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n isolated late-onset amyloid cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n proven by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n endomyocardial biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. There was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no known family history of amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Immunohistochemistry of cardiac deposits\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n suggested that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloi fibrils were derived from transthyretin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n DNA sequencing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n point mutation in exon 2 of the transthyretin gene responsible for a novel amyloidogenic variant Asp42.\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n</div>" ]

[ "point mutation in exon 2 of the transthyretin gene responsible for a novel amyloidogenic variant Asp42." ]

[ "isolated late-onset amyloid cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "French" ]

[ "no known family history of amyloidosis" ]

[ "Autosomal dominant hereditary amyloidosis with a unique cutaneous and cardiac presentation and death from heart failure by the sixth or seventh decade was found to be associated with a previously unreported point mutation (thymine to cytosine, nt 1389) in exon 4 of the apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) gene. The predicted substitution of proline for leucine at amino acid position 90 was confirmed by structural analysis of amyloid protein isolated from cardiac deposits of amyloid. The subunit protein is composed exclusively of NH2-terminal fragments of the variant apoA1 with the longest ending at residue 94 in the wild-type sequence. Amyloid fibrils derived from four previously described apoA1 variants are composed of similar fragments with carboxyl-terminal heterogeneity, but contrary to those variants, which all carry one extra positive charge, the substitution Leu90Pro does not result in any charge modification. It is unlikely, therefore, that amyloid fibril formation is related to change of charge for a specific residue of the precursor protein. This is in agreement with studies on transthyretin amyloidosis in which no unifying factor such as change of charge for amino acid residues has been noted." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Autosomal dominant hereditary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n with a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n unique cutaneous and cardiac presentation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n death from heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n by the sixth or seventh decade\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n was found to be associated with a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n previously unreported point mutation (thymine to cytosine, nt 1389) in exon 4 of the apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The predicted \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n substitution of proline for leucine at amino acid position 90\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n was confirmed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n structural analysis of amyloid protein isolated from cardiac deposits of amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The subunit protein is composed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n exclusively of NH2-terminal fragments of the variant apoA1 with the longest ending at residue 94 in the wild-type sequence\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid fibrils derived\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n from four previously described \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n apoA1\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n variants \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n are composed of similar fragments with carboxyl-terminal heterogeneity\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n, but contrary to those variants, which all carry one \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extra positive charge\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n substitution Leu90Pro does not result in any charge modification\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. It is unlikely, therefore, that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid fibril\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n formation is related to change of charge for a specific residue of the precursor protein. This is in agreement with studies on \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transthyretin amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n in which no unifying factor such as change of charge for \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amino acid residues\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n has been noted.</div>" ]

[ "Autosomal dominant hereditary amyloidosis", "transthyretin amyloidosis" ]

[ "previously unreported point mutation (thymine to cytosine, nt 1389) in exon 4 of the apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) gene", "substitution of proline for leucine at amino acid position 90", "extra positive charge", "substitution Leu90Pro does not result in any charge modification" ]

[ "unique cutaneous and cardiac presentation", "death from heart failure" ]

[ "amino acid residues" ]

[ "More than 40 point mutations (producing different clinical manifestations) have been described in diverse points of the plasma protein transthyretin (TTR). The Met30 is considered the most common mutation, the Tyr77 mutation being the second most prevalent. However, data from patients with this late mutation are scarce, and usually come from isolated case reports or tables. The Tyr77 mutation is not as well characterized as the Met30 mutation, especially with respect to such aspects as prognosis or possible treatment by liver transplantation. We therefore present the clinical and pathological features of an extensive family with the Tyr77 TTR mutation, comprising 12 affected individuals over four generations. Six living individuals were followed over a 10-year period. Retrospective data were obtained with regard to the deceased family members. We found that an initial and sometimes prolonged carpal tunnel syndrome, beginning between the 6th and 7th decades, characterizes the Tyr77 mutation. In most cases this evolved to generalized peripheral nerve involvement, restrictive cardiomyopathy, and intestinal malabsortion. Although survival is usually high, there are progressive cases that should be candidates for liver transplant, before severe impairment has developed." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">More than 40 \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n point mutations\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n (producing different clinical manifestations) have been described \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n in diverse points of the plasma protein transthyretin (TTR)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Met30\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is considered the most common mutation, the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tyr77 mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n being the second most prevalent. However, data from patients with this late mutation are scarce, and usually come from isolated case reports or tables. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tyr77 mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is not as well characterized as the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Met30 mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, especially with respect to such aspects as prognosis or possible treatment by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n liver transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n. We therefore present the clinical and pathological features of an extensive family with the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tyr77 TTR mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, comprising 12 affected individuals over four generations. Six living individuals were followed over a 10-year period. Retrospective data were obtained with regard to the deceased family members. We found that an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n initial and sometimes prolonged carpal tunnel syndrome\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, beginning \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n between the 6th and 7th decades\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n, characterizes the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tyr77 mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. In most cases this evolved to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n generalized peripheral nerve involvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n intestinal malabsortion\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. Although survival is usually high, there are progressive cases that should be candidates for \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n liver transplant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n, before \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe impairment\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n has developed.</div>" ]

[ "point mutations", "in diverse points of the plasma protein transthyretin (TTR)", "Met30", "Tyr77 mutation", "Tyr77 mutation", "Met30 mutation", "Tyr77 TTR mutation", "Tyr77 mutation" ]

[ "initial and sometimes prolonged carpal tunnel syndrome", "generalized peripheral nerve involvement", "restrictive cardiomyopathy", "intestinal malabsortion", "severe impairment" ]

[ "liver transplantation", "liver transplant" ]

[ "A Hungarian family with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) was studied. The disease presented in two individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome in the fourth and fifth decades of life. The proband subsequently developed vitreous opacities requiring vitrectomy and now has evidence of cardiomyopathy. Single strand conformation polymorphism analysis and direct DNA sequencing revealed a variant AGC (serine) codon at amino acid position 84 of the amyloid precursor protein, transthyretin (TTR). The same single amino acid substitution in TTR was detected in an Indiana kindred with Swiss/German origin. Six individuals of the 11 tested being at risk for FAP proved to have the mutation in the present Hungarian kindred. This is the first description of this TTR gene mutation in Europe. Despite TTR gene haplotype analysis which suggests that the Hungarian and Indiana kindreds may have a common origin, no genealogical link has been identified between the families living in Indiana and Hungary." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Hungarian\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n family with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n was studied. The disease presented in two individuals with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n carpal tunnel syndrome\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n fourth and fifth decades of life\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. The proband subsequently developed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n vitreous opacities\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n requiring \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n vitrectomy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n and now has evidence of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Single strand conformation polymorphism analysis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n direct DNA sequencing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n variant AGC (serine) codon at amino acid position 84 of the amyloid precursor protein, transthyretin (TTR)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. The same \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n single amino acid substitution in TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n was detected in an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Indiana kindred with Swiss/German origin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n. Six individuals of the 11 tested being at risk for \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n proved to have the mutation in the present Hungarian kindred\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. This is the first description of this \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR gene mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Europe\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n. Despite \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR gene haplotype analysis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n which suggests that the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Hungarian\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Indiana kindreds may have a common origin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no genealogical link has been identified between the families living in Indiana\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Hungary\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "FAP" ]

[ "variant AGC (serine) codon at amino acid position 84 of the amyloid precursor protein, transthyretin (TTR)", "single amino acid substitution in TTR", "TTR gene mutation", "TTR gene haplotype analysis" ]

[ "carpal tunnel syndrome", "vitreous opacities", "cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "vitrectomy" ]

[ "Hungarian", "Indiana kindred with Swiss/German origin", "Europe", "Hungarian", "Indiana kindreds may have a common origin", "Hungary" ]

[ "Myocardial scintigraphic studies, using 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), 99mTc-pyrophosphate (PYP) and 201Tl were performed in 4 patients with cardiac amyloidosis. In MIBG myocardial images, 2 patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) showed complete or partial defect and the other 2 with primary amyloidosis had normal myocardial uptake of MIBG. In PYP myocardial images, diffuse myocardial uptake of PYP was mild in 2 patients with FAP and moderate in the other 2. 201Tl myocardial images revealed normal myocardial uptake of 201Tl in 2 patients with FAP and 1 with primary amyloidosis, and intense myocardial uptake in the other one with primary amyloidosis. These results suggest that myocardial scintigraphies with PYP and 201Tl may be useful for the detection of cardiac amyloidosis and estimation of its pathophysiology. And MIBG myocardial scintigraphy may provide useful information about sympathetic nerve abnormalities which vary with type of the fibril protein, clinical syndromes and disease process of cardiac amyloidosis." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Myocardial scintigraphic studies, using 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), 99mTc-pyrophosphate (PYP) and 201Tl\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n were performed in 4 patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. In \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n MIBG myocardial images\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, 2 patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n complete or partial defect\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and the other 2 with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal myocardial uptake of MIBG\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. In \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n PYP myocardial images\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n diffuse myocardial uptake of PYP was mild\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in 2 patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and moderate in the other 2. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 201Tl myocardial images\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal myocardial uptake of 201Tl\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n in 2 patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and 1 with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n intense myocardial uptake\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in the other one with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. These results suggest that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n myocardial scintigraphies with PYP and 201Tl\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n may be useful for the detection of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and estimation of its pathophysiology. And \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n MIBG myocardial scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n may provide useful information about \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sympathetic nerve abnormalities\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n which vary with type of the fibril protein, clinical syndromes and disease process of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "cardiac amyloidosis", "familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "primary amyloidosis", "FAP", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis", "primary amyloidosis", "cardiac amyloidosis", "cardiac amyloidosis" ]

[ "complete or partial defect", "diffuse myocardial uptake of PYP was mild", "intense myocardial uptake", "sympathetic nerve abnormalities" ]

[ "normal myocardial uptake of MIBG", "normal myocardial uptake of 201Tl" ]

[ "To report the early ocular findings in hereditary amyloidosis.", "Case report of a visually asymptomatic, 52-year-old Mexican man with systemic manifestations of amyloidosis (peripheral neuropathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy), with a positive family history, and with amyloid on an endomyocardial biopsy specimen, who had bilateral multifocal sheathing or cuffing of the peripheral retinal arterioles.", "An extensive evaluation for retinal vasculitis was discontinued when hereditary amyloidosis was diagnosed.", "Focal retinal periarteriolar plaques of amyloid may be the earliest and only ocular finding of hereditary amyloidosis." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">To report the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n early ocular findings\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hereditary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>", "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">Case report of a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n visually asymptomatic\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 52-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Mexican\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic manifestations of amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n (\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral neuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restrictive cardiomyopathy)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n with a positive family history\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n, and with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n on an endomyocardial biopsy specimen\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, who had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n bilateral multifocal sheathing or cuffing of the peripheral retinal arterioles\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>", "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">An \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extensive evaluation for retinal vasculitis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n discontinued\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n when \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hereditary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n was diagnosed.</div>", "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Focal retinal periarteriolar plaques of amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n may be the earliest and only ocular finding of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hereditary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "hereditary amyloidosis", "hereditary amyloidosis", "hereditary amyloidosis" ]

[ "early ocular findings", "visually asymptomatic", "systemic manifestations of amyloidosis", "peripheral neuropathy", "restrictive cardiomyopathy)", "amyloid", "bilateral multifocal sheathing or cuffing of the peripheral retinal arterioles", "Focal retinal periarteriolar plaques of amyloid" ]

[ "Mexican" ]

[ "extensive evaluation for retinal vasculitis", "discontinued" ]

[ "We herein describe three siblings with familial amyloid cardiomyopathy in a Japanese family, who demonstrated an Ile-50 mutation in the transthyretin gene. In their clinical course, the symptoms started at from 50 to 55 years of age, and two cases died within 5 years. However, one case is still alive seven years after onset probably due to either the implantation of a pacemaker for a complete atrio-ventricular block or the administration of dimethylsulphoxide. Based on our findings, some differences were observed not only in the mutation of the transthyretin gene but also in the clinical course between our cases and the previously reported cases." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">We herein describe three \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n siblings with familial amyloid cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n in a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Japanese\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n family\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n, who demonstrated an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Ile-50 mutation in the transthyretin gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. In their clinical course, the symptoms started at \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n from 50 to 55 years of age\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n, and two cases \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n died\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n within 5 years\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. However, one case is still alive seven years after onset probably due to either the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n implantation of a pacemaker for a complete atrio-ventricular block\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n or the administration of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n dimethylsulphoxide\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n. Based on our findings, some differences were observed not only in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutation of the transthyretin gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n but also in the clinical course between our cases and the previously reported cases.</div>" ]

[ "Ile-50 mutation in the transthyretin gene", "mutation of the transthyretin gene" ]

[ "died" ]

[ "implantation of a pacemaker for a complete atrio-ventricular block", "dimethylsulphoxide" ]

[ "Japanese" ]

[ "A 59-year old male of German origin noticed exercise-independent cardiac arrhythmia two years before admission. An alanine 47 transthyretin variant of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, peripheral sensory-motor polyneuropathy, I, degree AV heart block was diagnosed. To diminish production and deposition of mutant transthyretin and to prevent disease progression orthotopic liver transplantation was performed. Prior to transplant the patient complained of inappetence. Postoperatively, he received a chemically defined enteral nutrition regime that was discontinued after 30 months until return of appetite and weight gain indicated marked improvement. However, a duodenal biopsy still demonstrated amyloid deposits 24 months after transplantation. Echocardiographic findings remained unchanged. Neurologic examination showed an improvement of sensory-motor polyneuropathy with regression of electromyographic changes. Only traces of variant transthyretin were detectable in plasma samples taken 12 months after the operation. During the 3 year follow-up, no additional symptoms have occurred and progression of amyloidosis was prevented. Currently, orthotopic liver transplantation is the only specific treatment to prevent progression of familial amyloid polyneuropathy." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 59-year old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n male\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n German\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n origin noticed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n exercise-independent cardiac arrhythmia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n two years before admission. An \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n alanine 47 transthyretin variant of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hypertrophic cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral sensory-motor polyneuropathy, I, degree AV heart block\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n was diagnosed. To \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n diminish production and deposition of mutant transthyretin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and to prevent disease progression \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n orthotopic liver transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n was performed. Prior to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transplant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n the patient complained of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n inappetence\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Postoperatively\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n he\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n received a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n chemically defined enteral nutrition regime that was discontinued after 30 months\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n until \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n return of appetite\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n weight gain\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n indicated \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n marked improvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. However, a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n duodenal biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n still demonstrated \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposits\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n 24 months after \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Echocardiographic findings remained unchanged\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Neurologic examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n improvement of sensory-motor polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n regression of electromyographic changes\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Only traces of variant transthyretin were detectable in plasma samples\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n taken 12 months after the operation. During the 3 year follow-up, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no additional symptoms\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n have occurred and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n progression of amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n was prevented. Currently, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n orthotopic liver transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n is the only specific treatment to prevent progression of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "alanine 47 transthyretin variant of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy", "hypertrophic cardiomyopathy", "progression of amyloidosis", "familial amyloid polyneuropathy" ]

[ "exercise-independent cardiac arrhythmia", "peripheral sensory-motor polyneuropathy, I, degree AV heart block", "inappetence", "return of appetite", "weight gain", "marked improvement", "improvement of sensory-motor polyneuropathy", "regression of electromyographic changes" ]

[ "orthotopic liver transplantation", "transplant", "Postoperatively", "chemically defined enteral nutrition regime that was discontinued after 30 months", "transplantation", "orthotopic liver transplantation" ]

[ "German" ]

[ "diminish production and deposition of mutant transthyretin", "Only traces of variant transthyretin were detectable in plasma samples" ]

[ "Echocardiographic findings remained unchanged", "no additional symptoms" ]

[ "A 31-year-old male having familial amyloid polyneuropathy underwent a Tc-99m(V)-DMSA study to evaluate the myocardial involvement. The patient also underwent T1-201, I-123-BMIPP and I-123-MIBG myocardial SPECT studies to evaluate blood perfusion, fatty acid metabolism and sympathetic function of the heart, respectively. Tc-99m(V)-DMSA SPECT showed uptake to the myocardium indicating myocardial involvement of amyloidosis. Both T1-201 and I-123-BMIPP studies showed normal uptake indicating normal blood perfusion and fatty acid metabolism but I-123-MIBG SPECT showed no uptake to the heart, indicating severe impairment of sympathetic function." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 31-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n male\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n having \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n underwent a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m(V)-DMSA study\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n to evaluate the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n myocardial involvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The patient also underwent \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n T1-201, I-123-BMIPP and I-123-MIBG myocardial SPECT studies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n to evaluate \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n blood perfusion, fatty acid metabolism\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and sympathetic function of the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, respectively. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m(V)-DMSA SPECT\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n uptake to the myocardium\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n indicating \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n myocardial involvement of amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. Both \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n T1-201 and I-123-BMIPP studies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal uptake\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n indicating \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal blood perfusion and fatty acid metabolism\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n but \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n I-123-MIBG SPECT\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no uptake to the heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, indicating \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe impairment of sympathetic function\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloid polyneuropathy" ]

[ "myocardial involvement", "heart", "uptake to the myocardium", "myocardial involvement of amyloidosis", "severe impairment of sympathetic function" ]

[ "T1-201 and I-123-BMIPP studies", "normal uptake", "normal blood perfusion and fatty acid metabolism", "no uptake to the heart" ]

[ "The most frequent form of inherited amyloidoses is associated with mutations in the transthyretin (TTR) gene coding for 127-amino acid residues of four identical, noncovalently linked subunits that form a pair of dimers in the plasma protein complex. Amyloid fibrils containing the variant and to a lesser extent the wild-type form of the TTR molecule are deposited in various organs, including peripheral nerves and the myocardium, with polyneuropathy and cardiomyopathy as major clinical manifestations. So far, more than 40 distinct amino acid substitutions distributed throughout the TTR sequence over 30 positions have been found to be correlated with an increased amyloidogenicity of TTR. Most of these amyloidogenic amino acid substitutions are suspected to alter the conformation and stability of the monomer. Here we identify and characterize by protein and DNA analysis a novel amyloidogenic Val-20 to Ile mutation in a German three-generation family. The index patient suffered from severe amyloid cardiomyopathy at the age of 60. Conformational stability and unfolding behavior of the Ile-20 monomer in urea gradients was found to be almost indistinguishable from that of wild-type TTR. In contrast, tetramer stability was significantly reduced in agreement with the expected change in the interactions between the two opposing dimers via the side chain of Ile-20. Our observations provide strong evidence for the view that amyloidogenic amino acid substitutions in TTR facilitate the conversion of tetrameric TTR complexes into those conformational intermediates of the TTR folding pathway that have an intrinsic amyloidogenic potential." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">The most frequent form of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n inherited amyloidoses\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is associated with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutations in the transthyretin (TTR) gene coding for 127-amino acid residues of four\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n identical, noncovalently linked subunits that form a pair of dimers in the plasma protein complex. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid fibrils containing the variant and\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n to a lesser extent \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n the wild-type form of the TTR molecule are deposited in various organs, including peripheral nerves and the myocardium\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n, with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n as major clinical manifestations. So far, more than 40 distinct \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amino acid substitutions distributed throughout the TTR sequence\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n over 30 positions have been found to be correlated with an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n increased amyloidogenicity of TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. Most of these \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidogenic amino acid substitutions\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n are suspected to alter the conformation and stability of the monomer. Here we identify and characterize by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n protein and DNA analysis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n novel amyloidogenic Val-20 to Ile mutation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n in a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n German\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n three-generation family\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. The index patient suffered from \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe amyloid cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n at the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n age of 60\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. Conformational stability and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n unfolding behavior of the Ile-20 monomer in urea gradients\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was found to be almost indistinguishable from that of wild-type TTR. In contrast, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n tetramer stability was significantly reduced\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n in agreement with the expected \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n change in the interactions between the two opposing dimers via the side chain of Ile-20\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. Our observations provide strong evidence for the view that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidogenic amino acid substitutions in TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n facilitate the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n conversion of tetrameric TTR complexes\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n into those conformational intermediates of the TTR folding pathway that have an intrinsic amyloidogenic potential.</div>" ]

[ "polyneuropathy", "severe amyloid cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "inherited amyloidoses", "mutations in the transthyretin (TTR) gene coding for 127-amino acid residues of four", "amino acid substitutions distributed throughout the TTR sequence", "amyloidogenic amino acid substitutions", "novel amyloidogenic Val-20 to Ile mutation", "change in the interactions between the two opposing dimers via the side chain of Ile-20", "amyloidogenic amino acid substitutions in TTR" ]

[ "cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "German" ]

[ "unfolding behavior of the Ile-20 monomer in urea gradients", "tetramer stability was significantly reduced" ]

[ "It has long been recognised that significant bone tracer localisation in the myocardium is a good indicator for amyloid involvement of the heart in the clinical context of systemic amyloidosis. In this case report, although myocardial tissue diagnosis of amyloidosis was not made, the massive myocardial uptake of bone tracer strongly suggested the presence of amyloid infiltration in the heart, and this finding eventually led to the histological diagnosis of familial amyloid polyneuropathy by skin and sural nerve biopsy. Interesting findings were noted in the single photon emission computerised tomography (SPECT) studies of the myocardium with Technetium-99m diphosphono-propanedicarboxylic acid bone agent and Technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion agent. Such findings suggest that there is a lack of correlation between the intensity of myocardial uptake of bone tracer and viability of the myocardium, and that amyloid will not deposit in infarcted myocardial tissue." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">It has long been recognised that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n significant bone tracer localisation in the myocardium\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n is a good indicator for \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid involvement of the heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in the clinical context of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. In this case report, although \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n myocardial tissue diagnosis of amyloidosis was not made\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n massive myocardial uptake of bone tracer\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n strongly suggested the presence of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid infiltration in the heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n, and this finding eventually led to the histological diagnosis of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n skin and sural nerve biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. Interesting findings were noted in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n single photon emission computerised tomography (SPECT) studies of the myocardium with Technetium-99m diphosphono-propanedicarboxylic acid bone agent and Technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion agent\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. Such findings suggest that there is a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n lack of correlation between the intensity of myocardial uptake of bone tracer and viability of the myocardium\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, and that amyloid will \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n not deposit in infarcted myocardial tissue\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "systemic amyloidosis", "familial amyloid polyneuropathy" ]

[ "amyloid involvement of the heart" ]

[ "myocardial tissue diagnosis of amyloidosis was not made", "lack of correlation between the intensity of myocardial uptake of bone tracer and viability of the myocardium", "not deposit in infarcted myocardial tissue" ]

[ "An American kindred with systemic amyloidosis presenting with carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, and cardiomyopathy is reported. The transthyretin gene of a patient was analysed by direct DNA sequencing and both cytosine and thymine were present at the first base of codon 24. This new point mutation in exon 2 results in the amino acid substitution of serine for proline in the A-B loop of the transthyretin molecule. DNA testing for this mutant allele by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis based on the polymerase chain reaction is described." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">An \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n American\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n kindred with systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n presenting with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n carpal tunnel syndrome\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral neuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n is reported. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n The transthyretin gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n of a patient was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n analysed by direct DNA sequencing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n both cytosine and thymine were present at the first base of codon 24\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. This \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n new point mutation in exon 2 results in the amino acid substitution of serine for proline in the A-B loop of the transthyretin molecule\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n DNA testing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n for this \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutant allele\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis based on the polymerase chain reaction\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n is described.</div>" ]

[ "both cytosine and thymine were present at the first base of codon 24", "new point mutation in exon 2 results in the amino acid substitution of serine for proline in the A-B loop of the transthyretin molecule", "mutant allele" ]

[ "carpal tunnel syndrome", "peripheral neuropathy", "cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "American" ]

[ "The authors present the clinical history of a 70-year-old male with arterial hypertension who sought medical advice because of dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea and episodes of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. The electrocardiogram showed left arterial hemiblock and abnormalities of ventricular repolarization compatible with a left lateral endocardiac lesion. Echocardiography revealed a hypertrophied left ventricle with a small ventricular cavity, compatible with an infiltrative-restrictive myopathy. Blood chemistry showed creatinine 4.9 mg/dl, BUN 133 mg/dl and alkaline phosphatase 204 i.v. The patient expired because of intractable heart failure. The histopathological examination of a piece of myocardium (authorized by the family) stained with Congo red confirmed the presence of abundant, diffuse deposits of amyloid, as had been suspected because of the echocardiographic findings." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">The authors present the clinical history of a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 70-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n male\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n arterial hypertension\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n who sought medical advice because of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n dyspnea on exertion\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n orthopnea\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n episodes of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n electrocardiogram\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n left arterial hemiblock\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n abnormalities of ventricular repolarization compatible with a left lateral endocardiac lesion\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hypertrophied left ventricle with a small ventricular cavity\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, compatible with an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n infiltrative-restrictive myopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Blood chemistry\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n creatinine 4.9 mg/dl\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n BUN 133 mg/dl\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n alkaline phosphatase 204 i.v\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The patient \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n expired\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n because of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n intractable heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n histopathological examination of a piece of myocardium (authorized\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n by the family) \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n stained with Congo red\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n confirmed the presence of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n abundant, diffuse deposits of amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n, as had been suspected because of the echocardiographic findings.</div>" ]

[ "infiltrative-restrictive myopathy" ]

[ "arterial hypertension", "dyspnea on exertion", "orthopnea", "episodes of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea", "left arterial hemiblock", "abnormalities of ventricular repolarization compatible with a left lateral endocardiac lesion", "hypertrophied left ventricle with a small ventricular cavity", "expired", "intractable heart failure" ]

[ "creatinine 4.9 mg/dl", "BUN 133 mg/dl", "alkaline phosphatase 204 i.v" ]

[ "The authors report four cases of cardiac amyloidosis, the diagnosis of which was confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy. They underline the value of immuno-histological studies with labelling of the biopsy fragments with anti-transthyretin and anti-light chain immunoglobulin antibodies. This approach provides a more precise typing of amyloidosis and a more accurate evaluation of the prognosis." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">The authors report four cases of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, the diagnosis of which was confirmed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n endomyocardial biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. They underline the value of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immuno-histological studies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n labelling of the biopsy fragments\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n anti-transthyretin and anti-light chain immunoglobulin antibodies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. This approach provides a more precise typing of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and a more accurate evaluation of the prognosis.</div>" ]

[ "cardiac amyloidosis", "amyloidosis" ]

[ "anti-transthyretin and anti-light chain immunoglobulin antibodies" ]

[ "A case of severe cardiac involvement is reported in a patient affected with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy due to the Portuguese type I variant (Val-->Met30) of the transthyretin (prealbumin) molecule. Echocardiographic and hemodynamic studies suggested the presence of a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that was later confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy. Amyloid deposits were found in both intra- and extra-myofiber location and thought to be related to primary involvement of the heart. Norepinephrine content of myocardial bioptic specimens was about threefold lower than normal, indicating that autonomic denervation may contribute to the maintenance and progression of cardiomyopathy. A sample obtained from the sural nerve showed a loss of myelinated fibers along with accumulation of amyloid masses in the endoneurial space. This histopathologic pattern correlated with a sharp decrease in the activity of the enzyme subserving electrochemical conduction through the axonal membrane, Na+, K(+)-ATPase." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A case of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe cardiac involvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n is reported in a patient affected with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n due to the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Portuguese type I variant (Val--&gt;Met30) of the transthyretin (prealbumin) molecule\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Echocardiographic and hemodynamic studies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n suggested the presence of a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n that was later confirmed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n endomyocardial biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid deposits were found in both intra- and extra-myofiber location\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n and thought to be related to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary involvement of the heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Norepinephrine content of myocardial bioptic specimens was about threefold lower than normal\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, indicating that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autonomic denervation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n may contribute to the maintenance and progression of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sample obtained from the sural nerve\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n loss of myelinated fibers\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n along with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n accumulation of amyloid masses in the endoneurial space\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. This histopathologic pattern correlated with a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sharp decrease in the activity of the enzyme subserving electrochemical conduction through the axonal membrane, Na+, K(+)-ATPase.\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy", "progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "Portuguese type I variant (Val-->Met30) of the transthyretin (prealbumin) molecule" ]

[ "severe cardiac involvement", "primary involvement of the heart", "autonomic denervation", "cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "Norepinephrine content of myocardial bioptic specimens was about threefold lower than normal", "sharp decrease in the activity of the enzyme subserving electrochemical conduction through the axonal membrane, Na+, K(+)-ATPase." ]

[ "We report a 65-year-old man with amyloidotic polyneuropathy, who first suffered from heart failure at the age of 57, 3 years before the onset of neurological symptoms. He had no obvious family history. We analysed the transthyretin gene of the patient and 6 asymptomatic family members using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The single amino acid substitution of a methionine for valine at position 30, which is a common mutation of Japanese type I FAP patients, was found from the patient and his sister of 47 years. Though Type I FAP patients often have cardiac conduction block, they rarely have signs of heart failure until the end stage of the disease. This is the first report of Type I FAP with severe myocardial involvement, in which TTR mutation at position 30 was confirmed. The result revealed the clinical variation of Type I FAP." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">We report a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 65-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidotic polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, who first suffered from \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n at the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n age of 57\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n, 3 years before the onset of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n neurological symptoms\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n He\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no obvious family history\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. We \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n analysed the transthyretin gene of the patient and 6 asymptomatic family members\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n using \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n polymerase chain reaction (PCR)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n single amino acid substitution of a methionine for valine at position 30, which is a common mutation of Japanese\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n type I FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n patients, was found from the patient \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n and his sister of 47 years\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. Though \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Type I FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n patients often have \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac conduction block\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, they rarely have \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n signs of heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n until the end stage of the disease. This is the first report of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Type I FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n severe myocardial involvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, in which \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR mutation at position 30\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n was confirmed. The result revealed the clinical variation of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Type I FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "amyloidotic polyneuropathy", "type I FAP", "Type I FAP", "Type I FAP", "Type I FAP" ]

[ "single amino acid substitution of a methionine for valine at position 30, which is a common mutation of Japanese", "TTR mutation at position 30" ]

[ "heart failure", "neurological symptoms", "cardiac conduction block", "severe myocardial involvement" ]

[ "no obvious family history", "signs of heart failure" ]

[ "Cardiac amyloidosis is caused by amyloid deposits derived from different human plasma proteins. It can lead to cardiac conduction disturbances, restrictive cardiomyopathy, and low output heart failure. The heart is variably involved during the development of systemic amyloidosis and seems to be more frequently affected in immunoglobulin (primary) than in reactive (secondary) amyloidosis. Amyloid is common in the elderly. Isolated atrial amyloid, for which a major subunit is the atrial natriuretic peptide, seems to be three times more frequent than senile cardiac amyloid, which is derived from normal prealbumin (transthyretin). Like polyneuropathy, cardiac amyloidosis is a prominent clinical feature of hereditary amyloidosis, namely of the autosomal dominant transthyretin (TTR) type. All 28 cases of TTR amyloidoses reported so far were heterozygotes for a single nucleotide change in the gene for TTR that resulted in amino acid substitutions in the mature protein. A new TTR genetic variant is reported in a German family where the index patient presented at the age of 63 with anginal pain and arrhythmia. Electrocardiography was suggestive of a pseudoinfarction pattern, and echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation showed signs of hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy with increased ventricular filling pressures and a prominent \"a\" wave. Amyloid of the TTR type was identified by immunohistochemistry in the endomyocardial biopsy specimen. Hybrid isoelectric focusing established heterozygosity by showing normal TTR protein and an electrically neutral TTR variant differing from all known TTR variants so far. The patient died in an accident before investigations were complete. Electrophoretic analysis of the plasma from his first degree relatives (son, daughter, brother, and mother) identified the asymptomatic 22 year old son as an apparently heterozygous carrier of the mutant TTR protein. Comparative tryptic peptide mapping and sequencing showed that isoleucine at position 68 of the amino acid sequence was replaced by leucine." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is caused by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposits derived from different human plasma proteins\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. It can lead to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac conduction disturbances\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n low output heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The heart is variably involved during the development of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and seems to be more frequently affected in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunoglobulin (primary)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n than in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n reactive (secondary) amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is common in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n elderly\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Isolated atrial amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, for which a major subunit is the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n atrial natriuretic peptide\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, seems to be three times more frequent than \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n senile cardiac amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, which is derived from \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal prealbumin (transthyretin)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. Like \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is a prominent clinical feature of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hereditary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, namely \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n of the autosomal dominant transthyretin (TTR) type\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. All 28 cases of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n TTR amyloidoses\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n reported so far were \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heterozygotes for a single nucleotide change in the gene for TTR that resulted in amino acid substitutions in the mature protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n new TTR genetic variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is reported in a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n German\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n family where the index patient presented at the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n age of 63\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n anginal pain\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n arrhythmia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Electrocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n suggestive of a pseudoinfarction pattern\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac catheterisation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n signs of hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n increased ventricular filling pressures and a prominent &quot;a&quot; wave\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid of the TTR type\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n was identified by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunohistochemistry in the endomyocardial biopsy specimen\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Hybrid isoelectric focusing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n established \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heterozygosity\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n by showing \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal TTR protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n electrically neutral TTR variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n differing from all known TTR variants so far. The patient \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n died in an accident\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n before investigations were complete. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Electrophoretic analysis of the plasma from his first degree relatives (son, daughter, brother, and mother)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n identified the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n asymptomatic 22 year old son as an apparently heterozygous carrier of the mutant TTR protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Comparative tryptic peptide mapping and sequencing\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n isoleucine at position 68 of the amino acid sequence was replaced by leucine\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "Cardiac amyloidosis", "systemic amyloidosis", "immunoglobulin (primary)", "reactive (secondary) amyloidosis", "Amyloid", "Isolated atrial amyloid", "senile cardiac amyloid", "polyneuropathy", "cardiac amyloidosis", "hereditary amyloidosis", "of the autosomal dominant transthyretin (TTR) type", "TTR amyloidoses" ]

[ "heterozygotes for a single nucleotide change in the gene for TTR that resulted in amino acid substitutions in the mature protein", "new TTR genetic variant", "heterozygosity", "isoleucine at position 68 of the amino acid sequence was replaced by leucine" ]

[ "cardiac conduction disturbances", "restrictive cardiomyopathy", "low output heart failure", "anginal pain", "arrhythmia", "suggestive of a pseudoinfarction pattern", "signs of hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy", "increased ventricular filling pressures and a prominent \"a\" wave", "died in an accident" ]

[ "German" ]

[ "atrial natriuretic peptide", "normal prealbumin (transthyretin)", "normal TTR protein", "electrically neutral TTR variant" ]

[ "A Japanese patient with systemic amyloidosis associated with a transthyretin (TTR) variant Arg50 is presented. This 41-year-old man became impotent and developed decreased pain sensation in his hands, and then sensory loss and muscle wasting in his lower legs, and cardiomyopathy appeared. The symptoms progressed and he died of congestive heart failure at age 46. There were amyloid deposits in all organs studied and massive amyloid deposition was seen in the peripheral nerves and cardiac muscles. Amyloid fibrils extracted from heart tissue contained TTR. A genetic mutation, causing a Ser50-->Arg substitution of the TTR molecule, was identified in another family member. Plasma TTR was shown to be a mixture of normal TTR Ser50 and mutant TTR Arg50 in the 2 subjects." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Japanese\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n patient with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n associated with a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transthyretin (TTR) variant Arg50\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is presented. This \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 41-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n became \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n impotent\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and developed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n decreased pain sensation in his hands\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and then \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sensory loss\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n muscle wasting in his lower legs\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n appeared. The symptoms progressed and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n he\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n died\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n congestive heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n at \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n age 46\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. There were \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposits in all organs studied\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n massive amyloid deposition was seen in the peripheral nerves and cardiac muscles\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid fibrils extracted from heart tissue contained TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n genetic mutation, causing a Ser50--&gt;Arg substitution of the TTR molecule\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n was identified in another family member\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Plasma TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was shown to be a mixture of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal TTR Ser50 and mutant TTR Arg50\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n in the 2 subjects.</div>" ]

[ "systemic amyloidosis" ]

[ "transthyretin (TTR) variant Arg50", "genetic mutation, causing a Ser50-->Arg substitution of the TTR molecule", "normal TTR Ser50 and mutant TTR Arg50" ]

[ "impotent", "decreased pain sensation in his hands", "sensory loss", "muscle wasting in his lower legs", "cardiomyopathy", "died", "congestive heart failure" ]

[ "Japanese" ]

[ "Plasma TTR" ]

[ "A Japanese family is described in which 6 persons showed familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). Mean ages of onset were 38 for 4 males and 54 for 2 females. Three of the 6 became emaciated and died after 4 to 10 years. In 5, muscular weakness and autonomic dysfunction were the initial symptoms followed by sensory disturbances. Amyloidotic cardiomyopathy was present in 3 of the subjects. Amyloid deposits showed an immunohistological relation to transthyretin (TTR). Analysis of 1 patient's TTR gene revealed a single base change (A----G) that led to amino acid substitution (Glu42----Gly). This base change produced a new restriction site for endonuclease Cfr13 I in exon 2. Polymorphic analysis of the length of the Cfr13 I-restriction fragment confirmed the base change, and made it possible to detect the mutant TTR Gly42 gene in the FAP subjects. Amino acid sequencing analysis showed a variant of TTR Gly42 in 1 patient's serum." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Japanese\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n family is described in which 6 persons showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Mean ages of onset were 38\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n for 4 \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n males\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 54\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n for 2 \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n females\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n. Three of the 6 became \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n emaciated\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n died\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n after 4 to 10 years\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. In 5, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n muscular weakness\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autonomic dysfunction\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n were the initial symptoms followed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sensory disturbances\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloidotic cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n was present in 3 of the subjects. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid deposits showed an immunohistological relation to transthyretin (TTR)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Analysis of 1 patient's TTR gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n single base change (A----G) that led to amino acid substitution (Glu42----Gly)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. This \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n base change produced a new restriction site for endonuclease Cfr13 I in exon 2\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Polymorphic analysis of the length of the Cfr13 I-restriction fragment\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n confirmed the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n base change\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n, and made it possible to detect the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n mutant TTR Gly42 gene\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n subjects. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amino acid sequencing analysis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n variant of TTR Gly42\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n in 1 patient's \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n serum\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "Amyloidotic cardiomyopathy", "FAP" ]

[ "single base change (A----G) that led to amino acid substitution (Glu42----Gly)", "base change produced a new restriction site for endonuclease Cfr13 I in exon 2", "base change", "mutant TTR Gly42 gene", "variant of TTR Gly42" ]

[ "emaciated", "died", "muscular weakness", "autonomic dysfunction", "sensory disturbances" ]

[ "Japanese" ]

[ "serum" ]

[ "Senile cardiac amyloidosis, also known as senile systemic amyloidosis, is a sporadic disease of late onset but with increasing incidence with age. Recently it has been shown in one case that amyloid deposits contained a transthyretin variant with an isoleucine for valine substitution at position 122. A second case with the transthyretin isoleucine 122 variant is reported here. This individual, who died with restrictive cardiomyopathy, was found to be homozygous for this transthyretin variant and his son heterozygous for the variant. A brother of the propositus was also homozygous for the variant but died of a cerebral vascular accident without being evaluated for amyloidosis. These studies show genetic transmission of the isoleucine-122 transthyretin variant associated with this form of cardiac amyloidosis." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Senile cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, also known as \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n senile systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, is a sporadic disease of late onset but with increasing incidence with age. Recently it has been shown in one case that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposits\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n contained a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transthyretin variant with an isoleucine for valine substitution at position 122\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n. A second case with the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n transthyretin isoleucine 122 variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n is reported here. This individual, who \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n died\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n was found to be homozygous for this transthyretin variant and his son heterozygous for the variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n brother of the propositus was also homozygous for the variant but died of a cerebral vascular accident\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n without being evaluated for amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. These studies show \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n genetic transmission of the isoleucine-122 transthyretin variant\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENETICS</span>\n</mark>\n associated with this form of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "Senile cardiac amyloidosis", "senile systemic amyloidosis", "restrictive cardiomyopathy", "cardiac amyloidosis" ]

[ "transthyretin variant with an isoleucine for valine substitution at position 122", "transthyretin isoleucine 122 variant", "genetic transmission of the isoleucine-122 transthyretin variant" ]

[ "died" ]

[ "without being evaluated for amyloidosis" ]

[ "Five generations of an Italian family with an autosomal dominant restrictive cardiomyopathy are described. Members of four generations were examined. Symptoms usually developed in the third or fourth decade but the disease did occur in childhood. Initially the condition was characterised by normal ventricular size and systolic function with increased diastolic filling pressures in both ventricles and consequent bi-atrial enlargement. Cardiac catheterisation showed a left ventricular filling pattern of \"dip and plateau\". The electrocardiogram typically showed non-specific changes in the ST segment and T wave and changes indicating considerable atrial enlargement, which were confirmed by echocardiography. Light microscopy of two endocardial biopsy specimens showed no specific features but excluded the endomyocardial fibrosis of eosinophilic heart disease, amyloid, and specific heart muscle diseases. At necropsy in one case examined under light microscopy extensive patchy fibrosis was found throughout the endocardium, myocardium, and subepicardium, but there were no features typical of eosinophilic heart disease. Histopathological and biochemical examination of skeletal muscle identified no abnormality. The disease often had an insidious course over five to ten years after presentation. Bundle branch blocks, leading to complete atrioventricular block, however, often occurred and may be the first manifestation. Some individuals who survived into the fifth decade developed a progressive, non-wasting skeletal myopathy." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">Five generations of an \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Italian\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n family with an autosomal dominant restrictive cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n are described. Members of four generations were examined. Symptoms usually developed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n in the third or fourth decade\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n but the disease did occur in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n childhood\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. Initially the condition was characterised by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n normal ventricular size and systolic function\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n increased diastolic filling pressures in both ventricles\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and consequent \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n bi-atrial enlargement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Cardiac catheterisation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n left ventricular filling pattern of &quot;dip and plateau&quot;\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The electrocardiogram typically showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n non-specific changes in the ST segment and T wave\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n changes indicating considerable atrial enlargement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, which were confirmed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Light microscopy of two endocardial biopsy specimens\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no specific features\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n but \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n excluded the endomyocardial fibrosis of eosinophilic heart disease, amyloid, and specific heart muscle diseases\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. At \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n necropsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n in one case examined under \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n light microscopy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extensive patchy fibrosis was found throughout the endocardium, myocardium, and subepicardium\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n, but there were \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no features typical of eosinophilic heart disease\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Histopathological and biochemical examination of skeletal muscle\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n identified \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no abnormality\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. The disease often had an insidious course over five to ten years after presentation. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Bundle branch blocks\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, leading to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n complete atrioventricular block\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, however, often occurred and may be the first manifestation. Some individuals who survived into the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n fifth decade\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n developed a \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n progressive, non-wasting skeletal myopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "progressive, non-wasting skeletal myopathy" ]

[ "increased diastolic filling pressures in both ventricles", "bi-atrial enlargement", "left ventricular filling pattern of \"dip and plateau\"", "non-specific changes in the ST segment and T wave", "changes indicating considerable atrial enlargement", "Bundle branch blocks", "complete atrioventricular block" ]

[ "Italian" ]

[ "normal ventricular size and systolic function", "no specific features", "excluded the endomyocardial fibrosis of eosinophilic heart disease, amyloid, and specific heart muscle diseases", "no features typical of eosinophilic heart disease", "no abnormality" ]

[ "A 54-year-old man began to feel numbness in his hands at the age of 42 (1975). His condition became progressively worse accompanied by muscle weakness of the lower limbs and glove and stocking paresthesia of the extremities. The patient was admitted to our hospital on March 23, 1987. Neurological examination revealed distal dominant muscle weakness, sensory disturbance and areflexia. Electrocardiogram and ultrasound-cardiogram strongly suggested cardiomyopathy. A biopsy of the rectal wall and the cardiac muscle revealed amyloid deposits. The patient, his elder brother and one of his daughters had abnormal serum transthyretin (TTR, a protein referred as prealbumin). Therefore, the diagnosis of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) was confirmed. The patients's brother and daughter mentioned above, however, had no abnormal findings on physical examination and they were thus considered to be asymptomatic carriers. There may be more cases of asymptomatic carriers, if examination of abnormal TTR is more frequently analyzed." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n 54-year-old\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n man\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n began to feel \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n numbness in his hands\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n at the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n age of 42\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n (1975). His condition became progressively worse accompanied by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n muscle weakness of the lower limbs\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n glove and stocking paresthesia of the extremities\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The patient was admitted to our hospital on March 23, 1987. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Neurological examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n distal dominant muscle weakness\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sensory disturbance\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n areflexia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Electrocardiogram\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n ultrasound-cardiogram\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n strongly suggested \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n biopsy of the rectal wall and the cardiac muscle\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposits\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. The patient, his \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n elder brother and one of his daughters\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n abnormal serum transthyretin (TTR, a protein referred as prealbumin)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. Therefore, the diagnosis of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n was confirmed. The patients's \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n brother and daughter\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n mentioned above, however, had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no abnormal findings on physical examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n and they were thus considered to be \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n asymptomatic carriers\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. There may be more cases of asymptomatic carriers, if \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n examination of abnormal TTR\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n is more frequently analyzed.</div>" ]

[ "cardiomyopathy", "familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)" ]

[ "numbness in his hands", "muscle weakness of the lower limbs", "glove and stocking paresthesia of the extremities", "distal dominant muscle weakness", "sensory disturbance", "areflexia" ]

[ "abnormal serum transthyretin (TTR, a protein referred as prealbumin)" ]

[ "no abnormal findings on physical examination", "asymptomatic carriers" ]

[ "To validate the significance of technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (Tc-99m PYP) myocardial scintigraphy in diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis, 2 patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) and 1 patient with amyloidosis secondary to chronic rheumatic arthritis were studied. All three patients had echocardiographic abnormalities, which were increased wall thickness of the interventricular septum and the left ventricular posterior wall, and granular sparkling appearance in the septum. In 2 patients with FAP, abnormal myocardial uptake of Tc-99m PYP was diffusely detected in Tc-99m PYP SPECT. In the remaining 1 patient with secondary amyloidosis, however, Tc-99m PYP SPECT showed no abnormality, although we had confirmed the presence of myocardial amyloid deposits (type AA amyloid protein) with high amount in the histological examination. Thus, these results indicate that Tc-99m PYP scintigraphy may have a limitation in detecting cardiac involvement in secondary amyloidosis although it is useful in FAP." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">To validate the significance of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (Tc-99m PYP) myocardial scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n in diagnosing \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, 2 patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and 1 patient with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidosis secondary to chronic rheumatic arthritis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n were studied. All three patients had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n echocardiographic abnormalities\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, which were \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n increased wall thickness of the interventricular septum and the left ventricular posterior wall\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n granular sparkling appearance in the septum\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. In 2 patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n abnormal myocardial uptake of Tc-99m PYP was diffusely detected\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m PYP SPECT\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. In the remaining 1 patient with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n secondary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, however, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m PYP SPECT\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n showed no abnormality\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, although we had confirmed the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n presence of myocardial amyloid deposits (type AA amyloid protein) with high amount\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n histological examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. Thus, these results indicate that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m PYP scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n may have a limitation in detecting \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac involvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n secondary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n although it is useful in \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "cardiac amyloidosis", "familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "amyloidosis secondary to chronic rheumatic arthritis", "FAP", "secondary amyloidosis", "secondary amyloidosis", "FAP" ]

[ "echocardiographic abnormalities", "increased wall thickness of the interventricular septum and the left ventricular posterior wall", "granular sparkling appearance in the septum", "abnormal myocardial uptake of Tc-99m PYP was diffusely detected", "cardiac involvement" ]

[ "showed no abnormality" ]

[ "Three of nine siblings were affected by atrial standstill. Clinical, electrophysiological, and histological findings in two of these cases were studied. Electrophysiological studies showed persistent atrial standstill in one and partial atrial standstill in the other. Biopsy specimens of the right atria showed amyloid deposits, but specimens of the right ventricles and skin did not. Neither patient had peripheral neuropathy, gastrointestinal disorder, or renal dysfunction. Familial atrial standstill is usually associated with peripheral neuropathy. In the two cases studied amyloid deposition mainly affected the atrium, rather than the ventricles or other organs, and caused atrial standstill." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Three of nine siblings were affected by atrial standstill\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n. Clinical, electrophysiological, and histological findings in two of these cases were studied. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Electrophysiological studies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n persistent atrial standstill\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in one and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n partial atrial standstill\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in the other. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Biopsy specimens of the right atria\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposits\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n, but \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n specimens of the right ventricles and skin did not\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. Neither patient had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral neuropathy, gastrointestinal disorder\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, or \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n renal dysfunction\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Familial atrial standstill\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n is usually associated with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral neuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. In the two cases studied \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposition mainly affected the atrium, rather than the ventricles or other organs\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n, and caused \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n atrial standstill\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "peripheral neuropathy" ]

[ "persistent atrial standstill", "partial atrial standstill", "renal dysfunction", "Familial atrial standstill", "atrial standstill" ]

[ "peripheral neuropathy, gastrointestinal disorder" ]

[ "This report concerns two siblings we observed, one male the other female, who presented with primary disseminated amyloidosis. Repeated blood and urine examinations failed to demonstrate dysglobulinaemia. The brother developed, at the age of 51, extensive cutaneous amyloidosis with xanthochromia of the entire upper part of his body. His dermis contained a potassium permanganate-resistant amyloid substance. One year later, he presented with amyloid cardiomyopathy confirmed by biopsy. Owing to the intractable cardiac failure, heart transplantation was performed, but the patient died post-operatively. At autopsy, amyloid deposits were found to be present in the heart, liver, spleen and adrenal glands. His sister developed, at the age of 40, cutaneous amyloidosis in the form of yellowish and purpuric papules and plaques disseminated over the upper part of her body. Histological examination and electron microscopy of the skin showed large potassium permanganate-resistant amyloid deposits. In addition, endoscopy and histology demonstrated the presence of amyloid substance deposits in her larynx, oesophagus and rectum. Echocardiography revealed amyloid cardiomyopathy. She now has moderate cardiac failure, and heart transplantation is being contemplated. Like her brother, she has no renal of neurological amyloid lesions. There is no abnormality of serum or urinary globulins, and her SAA protein is present in normal concentrations. These cases do not fit in with the known nosological framework of amyloidosis. Clinically, both patients had disseminated amyloidosis of the AL type, and their disease clearly differed from familial systemic amyloidosis with neuropathy or nephropathy. To our knowledge, no case of familial primary amyloidosis of the AL type without dysglobulinaemia has yet been reported." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">This report concerns two siblings we observed, one \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n male\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n the other \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n female\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n, who presented with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary disseminated amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Repeated blood and urine examinations failed to demonstrate dysglobulinaemia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n brother\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n developed, at the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n age of 51\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extensive cutaneous amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n xanthochromia of the entire upper part of his body\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n His\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n dermis contained a potassium permanganate-resistant amyloid substance\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. One year later, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n he\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n presented with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n confirmed by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. Owing to the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n intractable cardiac failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heart transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n was performed, but the patient \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n died\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n post-operatively. At \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n autopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid deposits were found to be present in the heart, liver, spleen and adrenal glands\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n His\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sister developed, at the age of 40\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cutaneous amyloidosis in the form of yellowish and purpuric papules and plaques disseminated over the upper part of her body\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Histological examination\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n electron microscopy of the skin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n large potassium permanganate-resistant amyloid deposits\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. In addition, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n endoscopy and histology\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n demonstrated the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n presence of amyloid substance deposits in her larynx, oesophagus and rectum\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n She\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n now has \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n moderate cardiac failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n heart transplantation\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MEDICATION</span>\n</mark>\n is being contemplated. Like \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n her\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n brother\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n she\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n has \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no renal of neurological amyloid lesions\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. There is \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no abnormality of serum or urinary globulins\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n her\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">GENDER</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n SAA protein is present in normal concentrations\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. These cases do not fit in with the known nosological framework of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. Clinically, both patients had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n disseminated amyloidosis of the AL type\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, and their disease clearly differed from \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n neuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n or \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n nephropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. To our knowledge, no case of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial primary amyloidosis of the AL type\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n without dysglobulinaemia\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n has yet been reported.</div>" ]

[ "primary disseminated amyloidosis", "amyloid cardiomyopathy", "amyloid cardiomyopathy", "amyloidosis", "disseminated amyloidosis of the AL type", "familial systemic amyloidosis", "neuropathy", "nephropathy", "familial primary amyloidosis of the AL type" ]

[ "extensive cutaneous amyloidosis", "xanthochromia of the entire upper part of his body", "intractable cardiac failure", "died", "cutaneous amyloidosis in the form of yellowish and purpuric papules and plaques disseminated over the upper part of her body", "moderate cardiac failure" ]

[ "heart transplantation", "heart transplantation" ]

[ "SAA protein is present in normal concentrations" ]

[ "Repeated blood and urine examinations failed to demonstrate dysglobulinaemia", "no renal of neurological amyloid lesions", "no abnormality of serum or urinary globulins", "without dysglobulinaemia" ]

[ "A family with hereditary amyloidosis characterized by peripheral neuropathy and cardiomyopathy is described. Lack of eye involvement sets their disease apart from the Indiana/Swiss familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type II. The disease is of late onset; affected members die of cardiomyopathy after age 60. The late onset and lack of clinically significant neuropathy in several family members has led to misdiagnosis of the cardiomyopathy. Immunohistochemistry using antiprealbumin antiserum showed staining of amyloid deposits in nerve and heart." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">A \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n family with hereditary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">FAMILY</span>\n</mark>\n characterized by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peripheral neuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n is described. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Lack of eye involvement\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n sets their disease apart from the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Indiana/Swiss familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type II\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">ETHNICITY</span>\n</mark>\n. The disease is of late onset; affected members \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n die of cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n after age 60\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">AGE</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n late onset\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n lack of clinically significant neuropathy in several family members\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n has led to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n misdiagnosis of the cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Immunohistochemistry using antiprealbumin antiserum\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n staining of amyloid deposits in nerve and heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "peripheral neuropathy", "cardiomyopathy", "die of cardiomyopathy", "late onset" ]

[ "Indiana/Swiss familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type II" ]

[ "Lack of eye involvement", "lack of clinically significant neuropathy in several family members", "misdiagnosis of the cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "Amyloid fibrils were isolated from the myocardium of two patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy. The solubilized amyloid fibril whole protein shared immunologic determinants with normal human serum prealbumin (transthyretin), but revealed subtle differences on immunoelectrophoresis and radial immunodiffusion. On sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, amyloid fibril whole protein was resolved into numerous bands that reacted with antitransthyretin on immunoblots. The whole protein also contained peptide fragments of fibronectin, but was devoid of amyloid P protein. An antiserum raised against the whole protein was suitable for immunocytochemistry of amyloid in paraffin sections. In contrast, commercial antitransthyretin, raised against the intact tetrameric protein failed to react with tissue amyloid. Immunochemical and immunocytochemical results support the concept that familial amyloid polyneuropathy with cardiomyopathy is due to infiltration of susceptible tissues by an anomalous transthyretin." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Amyloid fibrils were isolated from the myocardium\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n of two patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n solubilized amyloid fibril whole protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n shared \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunologic determinants with normal human serum prealbumin (transthyretin)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, but revealed subtle differences on \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunoelectrophoresis and radial immunodiffusion\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. On \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid fibril whole protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n was resolved into numerous bands that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n reacted with antitransthyretin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n on \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunoblots\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. The whole protein also contained \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n peptide fragments of fibronectin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">BIOCHEMICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, but was \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n devoid of amyloid P protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. An \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n antiserum raised against the whole protein\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was suitable for \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n immunocytochemistry of amyloid in paraffin sections\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. In contrast, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n commercial antitransthyretin, raised against the intact tetrameric protein failed to react with tissue amyloid\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Immunochemical and immunocytochemical\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n results support the concept that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n is due to \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n infiltration of susceptible tissues by an anomalous transthyretin\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloid polyneuropathy", "familial amyloid polyneuropathy", "cardiomyopathy" ]

[ "immunologic determinants with normal human serum prealbumin (transthyretin)" ]

[ "reacted with antitransthyretin", "immunoblots", "peptide fragments of fibronectin" ]

[ "devoid of amyloid P protein", "commercial antitransthyretin, raised against the intact tetrameric protein failed to react with tissue amyloid" ]

[ "To assess the clinical significance of technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (Tc-99m-PYP), -methylene diphosphonate (Tc-99m-MDP) and thallium-201 (Tl-201) myocardial scintigraphy in the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis and in the differential diagnosis of cardiac diseases, 12 patients with biopsy-proved systemic amyloidosis (seven with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) and five with primary amyloidosis) were investigated. The results obtained were as follows: In 10 patients (six with FAP and four with primary amyloidosis) studied by Tc-99m-PYP scintigraphy, two (FAP one, primary amyloidosis one) had diffusely positive myocardial uptake, which was of greater intensity than that of the sternum. Six (four FAP; two primary amyloidosis) also had diffusely positive myocardial uptakes, but the intensity was less than that of the sternum. The remaining two (one FAP; one primary amyloidosis) had only equivocal myocardial uptakes. Two of these patients also had hepatic uptakes and another had both hepatic and thyroid uptakes. The intensity of myocardial uptake of Tc-99m-PYP in patients with echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and/or highly refractile myocardial echoes, so-called granular sparkling appearance (GS) was slightly greater than that in patients with neither myocardial hypertrophy nor GS. FAP had slightly less intensity than primary amyloidosis. In 29 persons with other cardiac diseases and normal subjects examined by Tc-99m-PYP scintigraphy, seven (two dilated cardiomyopathy; two sarcoidosis; three hypertensive heart disease) also had diffusely positive myocardial scans of mild or moderate degree. However, none of them had marked myocardial or other tissue uptakes. Both Tc-99m-PYP and -MDP scintigraphic studies were performed in four patients (three FAP; one primary amyloidosis). In Tc-99m-MDP scintigraphy, diffusely positive myocardial uptakes were observed in two patients with FAP and the remaining two had negative scans. The intensity of Tc-99m-MDP myocardial uptake in each patient was significantly lower than that of Tc-99m-PYP uptake. Tl-201 scintigraphy was carried out in 10 patients (six FAP; four primary amyloidosis). Left ventricular hypertrophy was found in six patients and right ventricular visualization in five. Although electrocardiograms in seven of 10 patients showed QS patterns in the right to mid precordial leads, similar to that seen in antero-septal and extensive anterior myocardial infarctions, neither myocardial perfusion defect nor low uptake on Tl-201 images was detected in nine of them. The scintigrams in another one, which showed low uptake at the apical portion of the left ventricle, were considered normal.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)" ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">To assess the clinical significance of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (Tc-99m-PYP), -methylene diphosphonate (Tc-99m-MDP) and thallium-201 (Tl-201) myocardial scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n in the diagnosis of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and in the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n differential diagnosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac diseases\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n, 12 patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n biopsy-proved\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n systemic amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n (seven with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and five with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n) were investigated. The results obtained were as follows: In 10 patients (six with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and four with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n) studied by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m-PYP scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, two (\n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n one, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n one) had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n diffusely positive myocardial uptake, which was of greater intensity than that of the sternum\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. Six (four \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n; two \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n) also had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n diffusely positive myocardial uptakes, but the intensity was less than that of the sternum\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The remaining two (one \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n; one \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n) had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n only equivocal myocardial uptakes\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. Two of these patients also had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hepatic uptakes\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and another had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n both hepatic and thyroid uptakes\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n intensity of myocardial uptake of Tc-99m-PYP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n and/or \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n highly refractile myocardial echoes, so-called granular sparkling appearance (GS)\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n was slightly greater than that in patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n neither myocardial hypertrophy nor GS\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n had slightly less intensity than \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. In 29 persons with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n other cardiac diseases\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n and normal subjects examined by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m-PYP scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, seven (two \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n dilated cardiomyopathy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n; two \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n sarcoidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n; three \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n hypertensive heart disease\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n) also had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n diffusely positive myocardial scans of mild or moderate degree\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. However, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n none\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n of them had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n marked myocardial or other tissue uptakes\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Both Tc-99m-PYP and -MDP scintigraphic studies\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n were performed in four patients (three \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n; one \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n). In \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tc-99m-MDP scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n diffusely positive myocardial uptakes\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n were observed in two patients with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n and the remaining two had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n negative scans\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n intensity of Tc-99m-MDP myocardial uptake in each patient was significantly lower than that of Tc-99m-PYP uptake\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Tl-201 scintigraphy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n was carried out in 10 patients (six \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n FAP\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n; four \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n primary amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n). \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n Left ventricular hypertrophy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n was found in six patients and \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n right ventricular visualization\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n in five. Although \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n electrocardiograms\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n in seven of 10 patients showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n QS patterns in the right to mid precordial leads, similar to that seen in antero-septal and extensive anterior myocardial infarctions\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n neither myocardial perfusion defect nor low uptake on Tl-201 images was detected\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n in nine of them. The \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n scintigrams\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n in another one, which showed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n low uptake at the apical portion of the left ventricle\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n, were considered normal.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)</div>" ]

[ "cardiac amyloidosis", "cardiac diseases", "biopsy-proved", "systemic amyloidosis", "familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)", "primary amyloidosis", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis", "dilated cardiomyopathy", "sarcoidosis", "hypertensive heart disease", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis", "FAP", "FAP", "primary amyloidosis" ]

[ "diffusely positive myocardial uptake, which was of greater intensity than that of the sternum", "diffusely positive myocardial uptakes, but the intensity was less than that of the sternum", "only equivocal myocardial uptakes", "hepatic uptakes", "both hepatic and thyroid uptakes", "intensity of myocardial uptake of Tc-99m-PYP", "echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy", "highly refractile myocardial echoes, so-called granular sparkling appearance (GS)", "neither myocardial hypertrophy nor GS", "diffusely positive myocardial scans of mild or moderate degree", "diffusely positive myocardial uptakes", "intensity of Tc-99m-MDP myocardial uptake in each patient was significantly lower than that of Tc-99m-PYP uptake", "Left ventricular hypertrophy", "right ventricular visualization", "QS patterns in the right to mid precordial leads, similar to that seen in antero-septal and extensive anterior myocardial infarctions", "low uptake at the apical portion of the left ventricle" ]

[ "other cardiac diseases", "none", "marked myocardial or other tissue uptakes", "negative scans", "neither myocardial perfusion defect nor low uptake on Tl-201 images was detected" ]

[ "We report the M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in a patient with familial amyloidosis. The diagnosis was made by the clinical picture and histologic evidence of amyloid in peripheral nerve biopsy. Though the patient had no clinical sign of heart failure, extensive involvement of the heart was demonstrated by echocardiography. M-mode echocardiography revealed increased right ventricular wall thickness in conjunction with symmetric increase in left ventricular wall thickness. On two-dimensional echocardiography, the entire interventricular septum and the papillary muscles were more dense than normal. These high density echoes had a \"granular and sparkling\" pattern. This case shows that cardiac amyloidosis can be diagnosed in the pre-clinical, asymptomatic state by M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography. When symptomatic, confusion with constrictive pericarditis may be avoided non-invasively." ]

[ "<div class=\"entities\" style=\"line-height: 2.5; direction: ltr\">We report the \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n findings in a patient with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n familial amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n. The diagnosis was made by the clinical picture and histologic evidence of \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n amyloid in peripheral nerve biopsy\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">MICROSCOPIC</span>\n</mark>\n. Though the patient had \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n no clinical sign of heart failure\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">NEG_FINDINGS</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n extensive involvement of the heart\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n was demonstrated by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n M-mode echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n revealed \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n increased right ventricular wall thickness in conjunction with symmetric increase in left ventricular wall thickness\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. On \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n two-dimensional echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n, \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n the entire interventricular septum and the papillary muscles were more dense than normal\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. These \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n high density echoes had a &quot;granular and sparkling&quot; pattern\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">SYMPTOMS</span>\n</mark>\n. This case shows that \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n cardiac amyloidosis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n can be diagnosed in the pre-clinical, asymptomatic state by \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">PARACLINICAL</span>\n</mark>\n. When symptomatic, confusion with \n<mark class=\"entity\" style=\"background: #ddd; padding: 0.45em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.25em; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em;\">\n constrictive pericarditis\n <span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; border-radius: 0.35em; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.5rem\">DIAGNOSIS</span>\n</mark>\n may be avoided non-invasively.</div>" ]

[ "familial amyloidosis", "cardiac amyloidosis", "constrictive pericarditis" ]

[ "extensive involvement of the heart", "increased right ventricular wall thickness in conjunction with symmetric increase in left ventricular wall thickness", "the entire interventricular septum and the papillary muscles were more dense than normal", "high density echoes had a \"granular and sparkling\" pattern" ]

[ "no clinical sign of heart failure" ]