This is a plain language summary of an article originally published in European Journal of Human Genetics. Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a disease that affects the heart and nerves of those it afflicts. One inherited form of ATTR is particularly common among people of Portuguese descent and presents primarily as a neurologic disease termed familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)This Plain Language Summary of Publication article (PLSP) from Future Rare Diseases discusses a neurological disease called familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) which is especially common among people of Portuguese descent. The study that this PLSP summarises shows the relevance of communication from older to younger generations, primarily women, among Portuguese families with FAP.

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The original article that this summary is based on is published in the European Journal of Human Genetics and is called ‘From older to younger: intergenerational promotion of health behaviours in Portuguese families affected by familial amyloid polyneuropathy’.

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