Life paths of familial amiloidotic polyneuropathy patients: a descriptive study
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Methods A common social demographic questionnaire and a questionnaire about family history/personal disease and biographic events were applied to 211 subjects (in 110, the disease had already begun, 82 were asymptomatic carriers, and 19 had no established diagnosis), attending external consultation at Corino de Andrade Unit in Centro Hospitalar do Porto. A descriptive analysis and frequencies were obtained.
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