Liver transplantation and new therapeutic approaches for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP)
β Scribed by Yukio Ando
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 582 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0918-4287
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Liver transplantation (LTx) for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is an accepted treatment for this fatal disease. However, the long-term outcome with respect to that of nontransplanted patients has not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to compare the long-term survival of Swe
Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy is an inherited form of amyloidosis associated with a mutant form of a protein called transthyretin. The Methionine-30 variant is the most frequent mutation observed. This disorder is caused by deposition of this protein as amyloid in several organs, such as the h