家族性澱粉樣物多發性神經病變
家族性澱粉樣物多發性神經病變(英文:Familial amyloid polyneuropathy,簡稱FAP)是一種染色體顯性遺傳病,是致命且無法根治的神經病變,由葡萄牙神經學家Corino da Costa Andrade於1952年首先發現。患者肝臟缺乏一種分解澱粉樣蛋白的酶,導致澱粉樣蛋白不正常地累積,影響神經系統、心臟及其他器官的功能,通常在40歲前會因心臟衰竭而死亡。
| 家族性澱粉樣物多發性神經病變 | |
|---|---|
| 类型 | 淀粉样变、familial amyloid neuropathy[*]、autosomal dominant disease[*]、hereditary ATTR amyloidosis[*]、疾病 | 
| 分类和外部资源 | |
| OMIM | 105210 | 
| eMedicine | 335301 | 
| Orphanet | 85447 | 
參考資料
    
- 罕見遺傳病 毒素積聚致死 家族性澱粉樣物多發性神經病變(页面存档备份,存于),《明報》,2010年8月22日
 
外部連結
    
- World wide clinical trial for the evaluation of an investigational medicine for the possible treatment of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP)
 - Study for Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy FAP
 - GeneReviews/NIH/NCBI/UW entry on Familial Transthyretin Amyloidosis(页面存档备份,存于)
 - Stanford University Amyloid Center(页面存档备份,存于)
 - Sousa MM, Du Yan S, Fernandes R, Guimaraes A, Stern D, Saraiva MJ. . J. Neurosci. October 2001, 21 (19): 7576–86. PMID 11567048.
 - Portuguese Paramyloidosis Association (in Portuguese)(页面存档备份,存于)
 - Center for study and support for Paramyloidosis (in Portuguese)
 
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