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High incidence of later-onset fabry disease revealed by newborn screening.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2006
Spada Marco, Pagliardini Severo, Yasuda Makiko, Tukel Turgut, Thiagarajan Geetha, Sakuraba Hitoshi, Ponzone Alberto, Desnick Robert J
Abstract excerpt
The classic phenotype of Fabry disease, X-linked alpha -galactosidase A (alpha -Gal A) deficiency, has an estimated incidence of approximately 1 in 50,000 males. The recent recognition of later-onset variants suggested that this treatable lysosomal disease is more frequent. To determine the disea...
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