A study of people carrying mutations known to cause familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) found that those with disease symptoms…
Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
Abnormalities in capillaries, or very small blood vessels, and inflammation from increased blood clotting may contribute to nerve damage, or…
Running a genetic screening may help to diagnose familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) among people with sensory-motor polyneuropathy — damage…
New 15-year data from a global study involving more than 6,000 people with ATTR amyloidosis, an umbrella term for conditions…
A little more than a year of treatment with eplontersen was found to stabilize or even improve the heart’s…
Blood levels of neurofilament light chain (NfL) — a marker of nerve cell damage — can separate people with symptoms…
A rare mutation in the TTR gene was identified as the cause of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) in a…
Machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, may help doctors to identify people suspected of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)…
Tegsedi (inotersen) helped to stabilize familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) symptoms in a 71-year-old man, but its use also was associated…
An elderly man in Germany was found to carry one copy of a new mutation in the TTR gene that…