Larger studies are needed to back the use of nailfold capillaroscopy — a non-invasive technique for imaging tiny blood vessels in the fingers — for the early detection of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), a new report says. Nailfold capillaroscopy, known as NFC, allows researchers to image blood vessels…
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 to a retrospective longitudinal study. The study, “Cause of death analysis and temporal trends in survival after liver transplantation for transthyretin familial amyloid polyneurophathy,”…
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). The study, “Large normal alleles of ATXN2 decrease age-at-onset in TTRFAP Val30Met patients,” was published in the journal Annals of Neurology.