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ReviewOrphanet journal of rare diseases2013

Guideline of transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis for clinicians.

Yukio Ando, Teresa Coelho, John L Berk, Márcia Waddington Cruz, Bo-Göran Ericzon, Shu-ichi Ikeda, W David Lewis, Laura Obici, Violaine Planté-Bordeneuve, Claudio Rapezzi and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 283 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
283citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
16.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

283 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 709 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Neurofilament Light Chains in Systemic Amyloidosis: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  5. Overview of treatments used in transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis: a systematic review.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2020
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  6. Characteristics and natural history of autonomic involvement in hereditary ATTR amyloidosis: a systematic review.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2019
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  11. Patisiran treatment in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with polyneuropathy after liver transplantation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2022
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  20. Cost analysis of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction in Spain.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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223 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 12 institutions in 7 countries.

Yukio AndoDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan. andoy709@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Teresa Coelho
John L Berk
Márcia Waddington Cruz
Bo-Göran Ericzon
Shu-ichi Ikeda
W David Lewis
Laura Obici
Violaine Planté-Bordeneuve
Claudio Rapezzi
Gerard Said
Fabrizio Salvi
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRBoston University · USCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri-Mondor · FRHospital de Santo António · PTHospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho · BRIstituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · ITKarolinska University Hospital · SEKumamoto University · JPLahey Medical Center · USŌtani University · JPPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transthyretin amyloidosis is a progressive and eventually fatal disease primarily characterized by sensory, motor, and autonomic neuropathy and/or cardiomyopathy. Given its phenotypic unpredictability and variability, transthyretin amyloidosis can be difficult to recognize and manage. Misdiagnosis is common, and patients may wait several years before accurate diagnosis, risking additional significant irreversible deterioration. This article aims to help physicians better understand transthyretin amyloidosis--and, specifically, familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy--so they can recognize and manage the disease more easily and discuss it with their patients. We provide guidance on making a definitive diagnosis, explain methods for disease staging and evaluation of disease progression, and discuss symptom mitigation and treatment strategies, including liver transplant and several pharmacotherapies that have shown promise in clinical trials.

Indexed as

Practice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Age of OnsetAmyloid Neuropathies, FamilialHumansPrealbuminPrevalencePrealbumin

Identifiers

PMID23425518
PMCPMC3584981
OpenAlexW2115862827

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Registered trials

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