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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jyostna Chouturi, M.B.B.S [2]

Synonyms and keywords: Transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis; Transthyretin amyloidosis abbreviated also as ATTR ( hereditary form); Corino de Andrade's disease

Overview

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) or Corino de Andrade's disease, a form of Paramyloidosis, is a neurodegenerative autosomal dominant genetically transmitted disease, first identified and described by Portuguese neurologist Mário Corino da Costa Andrade, in the 50s. It is a fatal and incurable disease.

Cause

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.

Being an autosomal dominant genetically transmitted disease, FAP is transmitted from parents to sons, one mutated gene being enough (in only one of the alleles), in any of the progenitors, for the disease to be passed on.

Pathology

FAP is characterized by the systemic deposition of amyloidogenic variants of the transthyretin protein, especially in the peripheral nervous system, causing a progressive sensory and motorial polyneuropathy.

Symptoms

Usually manifesting itself between 20 and 40 years of age, it is characterized by pain, paresthesia, muscular weakness and autonomic dysfunction. In its terminal state, the kidneys and the heart are affected. In the absence of a liver transplant, FAP is invariably fatal.

Epidemiology

This disease is endemic in Portuguese locations Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde (Caxinas), with more than 1000 affected people, coming from about 500 families, where 70% of the people develop the illness. It was brought by Vikings from Scandinavia during the Middle Age. In northern Sweden, more specifically Piteå, Skellefteå and Umeå, 1.5% of the population has the mutated gene. There are many other populations in the world who exhibit the illness after having developed it independently.

Bibliography

Andrade C., A peculiar form of peripheral neuropathy. Familial atypical generalized amyloidosis with special involvement of the peripheral nerves, Brain 1952; 75:408-27.

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