MEDICAMENT FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF FAMILY AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY

摘要

A pharmaceutical for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of amyloidosis such as familial amyloid polyneuropathy is provided. A pharmaceutical for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of amyloidosis that contains a compound containing the trivalent chromium ion, such as a fatty acid chromium salt, as an active ingredient, and that is capable of suppressing the decomposition of mutant transthyretin in amyloidosis.