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Pulmonary hypertension in type 1 Gaucher's disease: genetic and epigenetic determinants of phenotype and response to therapy.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2000
Mistry Pramod K, Sirrs Sandra, Chan Alicia, Pritzker Mark R, Duffy Thomas P, Grace Marie E, Meeker David P, Goldman Martin E
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 Gaucher's disease (GD) is recognized for striking but unexplained phenotypic diversity. Rarely, severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) may occur in GD but its clinical spectrum, determinants or its response to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT)+/-vasodilators is not known. One hundred and thirty-four consecutive patients with Type 1 GD were screened to estimate right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) by...
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