Familial amyloid neuropathy
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Classification
The aggregation of one precursor protein leads to peripheral neuropathy and/or autonomic nervous system dysfunction. These proteins include: transthyretin (ATTR, the most commonly implicated protein), apolipoprotein A1, and gelsolin.[4]
Due to the rareness of the other types of familial neuropathies, transthyretin amyloidogenesis-associated polyneuropathy should probably be considered first.[5]
"FAP-I" and "FAP-II" are associated with transthyretin.[1][6] (Senile systemic amyloidosis [abbreviated "SSA"] is also associated with transthyretin aggregation.)
"FAP-III" is also known as "Iowa-type", and involves apolipoprotein A1.[7]
"FAP-IV" is also known as "Finnish-type", and involves gelsolin.[8]
Fibrinogen, apolipoprotein A1, and lysozyme are associated with a closely related condition, familial visceral amyloidosis.
Diagnosis is confirmed by blood tests, organ biopsies, and tissue biopsies. Genetic testing can also be used to confirm a mutation in the TTR gene. Although some people with a hATTR gene mutation may not experience symptoms.
Treatment
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In 2011 the European Medicines Agency approved tafamidis for this condition.[10] The FDA rejected the application for marketing approval in the US in 2012 on the basis that the clinical trial data did not show efficacy based on a functional endpoint, and the FDA requested further clinical trials.[11]
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