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Nerve ultrasonography features in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with V30M mutation and polyneuropathy

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The present study was supported by an Investigator-Initiated Research to University of Padova from Pfizer Inc. Pfizer Inc. had no role in the study design, data analysis, and results interpretation of the present study.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, via Giustiniani 5, 35128, Padova, Italy

    Alessandro Salvalaggio & Chiara Briani

  2. Padova Neuroscience Center (PNC), University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Alessandro Salvalaggio

  3. Neuroriabilitazione ad Alta Intensità, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, RM, Italy

    Daniele Coraci & Luca Padua

  4. CEMES-EMG Lab, Synlab Group, Padova, PD, Italy

    Mario Cacciavillani

  5. Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopaedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

    Luca Padua

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Alessandro Salvalaggio reports travel grants from Alnylam, Akcea and Pfizer and Speaker honoraria from Alnylam; Chiara Briani reports speaker and consulting honoraria from Akcea, Alnylam and Pfizer, and travel grants from Kedrion, Alnylam, and CSL Behring.

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Salvalaggio, A., Coraci, D., Cacciavillani, M. et al. Nerve ultrasonography features in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with V30M mutation and polyneuropathy. Neurol Sci 42, 2547–2548 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-05033-w

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