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Clinicians should consider familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) when they see people with unexplained progressive nerve damage, or neuropathy, especially if it’s associated with bodywide symptoms…

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Disease-modifying medications can significantly improve survival outcomes among people with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) no matter what age the disease begins, whereas a liver transplant…

I’ve moved! It’s exciting, but the move was daunting because of the sheer amount of work that went into clearing out items from a place…

My mother-in-law, who has familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), often experiences tingling and burning sensations as well as pain in her hands and feet.

Running a genetic screening may help to diagnose familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) among people with sensory-motor polyneuropathy — damage to many nerves involved in…

New 15-year data from a global study involving more than 6,000 people with ATTR amyloidosis, an umbrella term for conditions that include familial amyloid…

Diagnostic tests outside those considered standard for familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) detected FAP in 12 of 38 people who carried disease-causing mutations but were…

Starting in late November and often lasting through March, the cold weather in much of the U.S. can be a burden for many patients with…

A few months ago, I learned something new about my wife’s side of the family as we celebrated Thanksgiving. My mother-in-law suffers from familial…