Perinatal lethal Gaucher disease: a distinct phenotype along the neuronopathic continuum.

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Gaucher disease, the inherited deficiency of glucocerebrosidase, is characterized by significant genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. At the extreme end of the phenotypic continuum is the perinatal lethal variant, typically presenting in utero or during the neonatal period as hydrops and/orcongenital ichthyosis, with severe and progressive neurological involvement. Insights from the null-allele Gaucher mouse...

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