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Co-morbidity in Gaucher's disease results of a nationwide enquiry in Spain.
European journal of medical research - 20 Jun 2000
Pérez-Calvo J, Bernal M, Giraldo P, Torralba M A, Civeira F, Giralt M, Pocovi M
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SHORT INTRODUCTION: Gaucher's disease (GD) is an autosomal recessive disease produced by mutations of the Glucocerebrosidase gene. Carriers are considered to be healthy subjects because there is no manifestation of the disease, but they show signs of macrophage disfunction. The aim of the study was to determine if GD patients and non affected carriers risk suffering other diseases when compared to healthy...
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