Corino Andrade

Mário Corino da Costa Andrade (10 June 1906 in Moura – 16 June 2005 in 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]

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Corino Andrade
Born	Mário Corino da Costa Andrade (1906-06-10)10 June 1906 Moura, Portugal
Died	16 June 2005(2005-06-16) (aged 99) Porto, Portugal
Known for	Describing the familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy syndrome
Scientific career
Fields	Neurology, genetics
Institutions	Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (founder)

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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.