Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
Abstract. An account, mainly clinical, is given of 18 cases of hereditary amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. Common to all cases were progressive peripheral sensory‐motor nervous disturbances starting in the legs. Gastrointestinal dysfunction with malabsorption occurred frequently, as did various symptoms of autonomic nervous disturbances. Characteristic opacities of the corpus vitreum were found. Various ECG changes occurred, indicative of amyloidotic heart involvement, which also may have contributed to congestive cardiac failure in some of the cases. The value of examining biopsy specimens in polarized light is emphasized. Familial cases of this form of amyloidosis have not been reported from Scandinavia before.
Rune Andersson (Mon,) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: