Quantitative muscle ultrasound as a disease biomarker in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.

Siew Yin TanCheng-Yin TanMohd Azly YahyaSoon Chai LowNortina ShahrizailaKhean Jin Goh

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2024)

QMUS revealed significant difference between ATTRv amyloidosis patients and healthy controls and showed strong correlation with clinical outcome measures. QMUS serves as a sensitive and reliable biomarker of disease severity in ATTRv-PN.

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