1.
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-47256
Assuntos
Acidose Láctica/induzido quimicamente , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos Transversais , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/administração & dosagem , Metformina/administração & dosagem , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Seleção de Pacientes , Sri Lanka/epidemiologia
2.
Ceylon Med J
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1997 Mar; 42(1): 33-5
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-48002
RESUMO
A woman who presented with features of peripheral sensory, motor and autonomic neuropathy and amyloid deposits in the vitreous due to familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is described. Her father had died of a similar illness and one of her brothers and her two children had lesions suggestive of early amyloid deposits in the vitreous. Reports of familial amyloidosis are rare from Asian countries and it has not been reported in Sri Lanka previously.