Brazilian consensus for diagnosis, management and treatment of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy

ABSTRACT Transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy is an autosomal dominant inherited sensorimotor and autonomic polyneuropathy, which if untreated, leads to death in approximately 10 years. In Brazil, liver transplant and tafamidis are the only disease-modifying treatments available. This revie...

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Main Authors: Marcus Vinicius Pinto, Amilton Antunes Barreira, Acary Souza Bulle, Marcos Raimundo Gomes de Freitas, Marcondes Cavalcante França Jr, Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim, Carlo Domenico Marrone, Wilson Marques Jr, Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento, Francisco Tellechea Rotta, Camila Pupe, Márcia Waddington-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2018000900609&lng=en&tlng=en