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Efficacy of diflunisal on autonomic dysfunction of late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR Val30Met) in a Japanese endemic area.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Oct 2014
Takahashi Ryoichi, Ono Kenjiro, Shibata Shutaro, Nakamura Keiko, Komatsu Junji, Ikeda Yoshihisa, Ikeda Tokuhei, Samuraki Miharu, Sakai Kenji, Iwasa Kazuo, Kayano Daiki, Yamada Masahito
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of diflunisal in late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) in a Japanese endemic area. METHODS: Consecutive six FAP patients (mean age: 65.8 ± 7.3 years) with a transthyretin (TTR) Val30Met mutation from an endemic area of late-onset FAP were prospectively recruited to an open label study with oral diflunisal (250 mg twice a day). We evaluated...
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