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Cardiac problems are the leading cause of death among transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR, also called FAP) patients who have had a liver transplant, according…

Length of naturally occurring repeats in the sequence of the ATXN2 gene may affect the age of onset of transthyretin (TTR)-related familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP).

Early diagnosis and prompt treatment with Vyndaqel (tafamidis) may help halt neurological disease progression in familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) patients who are positive for the Val30Met…

Cash-strapped governments across the 28-member European Union are struggling to control runaway healthcare expenditures — at exactly the same time as the promise of new…

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy patients with the Val30Met mutation differ in clinical symptoms, gene variants, and age of disease onset between endemic (where the disease…

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) with arm (upper limb) involvement is common in France and frequently missed because of incorrect diagnosis, a French study reported. This…

A woman diagnosed with late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) showed severe sensory and motor neuropathy, or nerve damage, as well as eye and cardiac…

Researchers have reported the first case of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) with chronic dry cough — caused by a less common mutation — in…

Liver transplant or therapy with Pfizer‘s Vyndaqel (tafamidis) can substantially extend the lives of people with …

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) patients who carry the Val30Met mutation experience loss of sensation (numbness), especially sense of touch pressure, rather than heat pain…