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SUBMITTER: Berk JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4139164 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berk John L JL Suhr Ole B OB Obici Laura L Sekijima Yoshiki Y Zeldenrust Steven R SR Yamashita Taro T Heneghan Michael A MA Gorevic Peter D PD Litchy William J WJ Wiesman Janice F JF Nordh Erik E Corato Manuel M Lozza Alessandro A Cortese Andrea A Robinson-Papp Jessica J Colton Theodore T Rybin Denis V DV Bisbee Alice B AB Ando Yukio Y Ikeda Shu-ichi S Seldin David C DC Merlini Giampaolo G Skinner Martha M Kelly Jeffery W JW Dyck Peter J PJ
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<h4>Importance</h4>Familial amyloid polyneuropathy, a lethal genetic disease caused by aggregation of variant transthyretin, induces progressive peripheral nerve deficits and disability. Diflunisal, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, stabilizes transthyretin tetramers and prevents amyloid fibril formation in vitro.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the effect of diflunisal on polyneuropathy progression in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>In ...[more]