Onpattro (patisiran), a widely approved treatment for familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), preserved functional ability and improved life quality for people with a related…
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A diagnosis of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) due to a mutation in the TTR gene was made in an older man from China, a…
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