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Mário Corino da Costa Andrade (10 June 1906, Moura – 16 June 2005, Porto) was a leading twentieth century Portuguese neurologist and researcher who first described the familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) syndrome that later came to be associated with his name (Corino de Andrade disease).[1]
Corino was a founder of the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, a major bioscience research institute located in Porto.
A staunch opponent of the Salazar regime, Andrade was imprisoned by the Portuguese Secret Police (PIDE) for belonging to a political group critical of the government.[1]
He spent a great deal of time collaborating with scientists abroad and had a profound effect on the structure and organization of the current healthcare system in northern Portugal.
References
- ^ a b "Mário Corino de Andrade, neurólogo portugués que identificó la paramiloidosis" (in Spanish). El País. 20 June 2005. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/agenda/Mario/Corino/Andrade/neurologo/portugues/identifico/paramiloidosis/elpepigen/20050620elpepiage_8/Tes. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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