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Autonomic disturbance in amyloid polyneuropathy. Tomokazu SUZUKI 1 1Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University pp.312-318
Published Date 1989/4/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431906286
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Although it was prevalent that amyloid deposition in every organ was wholly responsible for autonomic disturbance in amyloidosis, recent progress of neuropharmacologic and histochemical metho-dology has made it feasible to distinguish autonomic dysfunction from visceral one due to amyloid. In this paper, first of all, clinical feature and neuropathology of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) were described briefly. Then the results of our biochemical, pharmacologic and physiologic studies on the sympathetic dysfunction in FAP were summarized, and it was concluded that orthostatic hypotension in FAP is pathophysiologically similar to pure autonomic failure. It was also pointed out that autonomic dysfuncton might play an important role in the pathogenesis of various manifestations in amyloidosis. Finally, therapeutic application of L-threo-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-threo-DOPS), an immediate precursor of (-)-norepinephrine, was summarized. A multicenter study has recently revealed that L-threo-DOPS is useful to treat orthostatic hypotension and some other autonomic manifestations in FAP.


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