Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of symptomatic hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy: a global case series

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of symptomatic hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy: a global case series

Abstract We describe 542 cases of symptomatic hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) identified through a review of the literature published between 2005 and 2016. Approximately 18% of the cases were from countries where ATTR-PN is traditionally considered to be endemic (i.e., Por...

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Main Authors: Márcia Waddington-Cruz, Hartmut Schmidt, Marc F. Botteman, John A. Carter, Michelle Stewart, Markay Hopps, Shari Fallet, Leslie Amass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Transthyretin amyloidosis
Peripheral neuropathy
Case series
Rare disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-019-1000-1

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