We describe an unusual case of a woman in her 30s who had recently undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and presented to the emergency department with a 6-week history of intractable nausea and vomiting ...

A group of researchers from Honduras, Venezuela and the USA has described the first case of sensory polyneuropathy associated with acute Zika virus infection. The scientific paper was published in the ...

What is the recommended approach to managing a patient infected with hepatitis C virus who has been on combination interferon and ribavirin therapy and who has developed peripheral neuropathy?

Polyneuropathy occurs when multiple peripheral nerves malfunction throughout the body. Neuropathy is a common complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Polyneuropathy occurs when there is ...

Hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR) is a type of amyloidosis, which is a group of diseases where abnormal proteins (amyloids) build up and damage areas of the body. When the amyloids ...

Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) is a rare, multisystem, progressive, debilitating, and fatal disease characterized by tissue deposition of misfolded transthyretin ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A CRISPR-Cas9-based therapy reduced transthyretin levels in patients with hereditary amyloidosis and ...