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The early clinical phenotype of Fabry disease: a study on 35 European children and adolescents.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Nov 2003
Ries Markus, Ramaswami Uma, Parini Rossella, Lindblad Bengt, Whybra Catharina, Willers Ingrid, Gal Andreas, Beck Michael
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Fabry disease (FD) is a debilitating progressive multisystem X-linked lysosomal storage disorder. It was generally believed that the disease affects only adult males. Through systematic pedigree analysis, we identified 35 paediatric FD patients (age 1 to 21 years, mean 12.6 years) in 25 families. Predominant signs in this cohort were: acroparesthesia, hypohidrosis, and cornea verticillata....
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