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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)
2nd Nov 2023

A plain language summary of the intergenerational promotion of health behaviours in Portuguese families affected by familial amyloid polyneuropathy

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