Peripheral nerve involvement in wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis.
Marta CampagnoloMario CacciavillaniAlberto CiprianiAlessandro SalvalaggioFrancesca CastellaniKalliopi PilichouChiara BrianiPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
Despite being uncommon, we observed peripheral nervous system involvement in ATTRwt (large and small fiber dysfunction). Being elderly, ATTRwt patients may have age-related conditions acting as confounding factors for the diagnosis of neuropathy that however can be detected with a careful examination and use of specific tests, including those for autonomic dysfunction.