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Phenotypic continuum in neuronopathic Gaucher disease: an intermediate phenotype between type 2 and type 3.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 2003
Goker-Alpan Ozlem, Schiffmann Raphael, Park Joseph K, Stubblefield Barbara K, Tayebi Nahid, Sidransky Ellen
Abstract excerpt
Neuronopathic Gaucher disease, classically divided into two types, can have a continuum of phenotypes, often defying categorization. Nine children had an intermediate phenotype characterized by a delayed age of onset but rapidly progressive neurological disease, including refractory seizures and oculomotor abnormalities. There was genotypic heterogeneity among these patients.
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