[This condition, previously labeled oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis, is linked to a mutation at codon 30 of TTR gene, resulting in the substitution of valine with glycine in this family, TTR amyloid deposits were present in the leptomeninges, especially the leptomeningeal vessels, and in the subependymal regions of the ventricular system where they disrupted the ependymal lining and resulted in amyloid-glial formations protruding into and narrowing the ventricular system.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
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