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Gaucher's disease: a paradigm for interventional genetics.
Clinical genetics - 1 Feb 2004
Germain D P
Abstract excerpt
Gaucher's disease (GD) is one of the most prevalent lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) and a rare genetic disease for which specific therapy is now available. GD is an autosomal, recessive, inborn error of glycosphingolipid metabolism, due to a deficiency in the enzyme acid beta-glucosidase. Partial deficiency of acid beta-glucosidase is associated with parenchymal disease of the liver, spleen, and bone marrow...
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