TY - JOUR T1 - Transthyretin-type cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a serious complication in post-transplant patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 124 LP - 124 DO - 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308576 VL - 86 IS - 2 AU - Yoshiki Sekijima Y1 - 2015/02/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/86/2/124.abstract N2 - Liver transplantation is a well-established treatment for transthyretin (TTR)-type familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP).1 According to data in the Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy World Transplant Registry (http://www.fapwtr.org/ram_fap.htm), more than 2000 liver transplantations have been performed to date in 19 countries. Transplantation replaces the variant TTR gene with the wild-type gene in the liver, the main source of serum circulating TTR. The serum concentration of variant TTR decreases rapidly, reaching almost zero after the operation. The effects of liver transplantation on neuropathy are evident as its progression is … ER -