title: Regional differences and similarities of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) presentation in Brazil.
abstract: Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a worldwide disease with various clinical presentations according to geographical origin of the cases. Brazil is a country of Portuguese colonization and Portuguese descendants are estimated to be more than 25 millions. The Brazilian FAP population was characterized in this text as having basically the same diseases characteristics as the most common Portuguese FAP type I patients.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Estudos de Paramiloidose Antônio Rodrigues de Mello, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. mwaddingtoncruz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Márcia Waddington
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Cruz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D028227:Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult