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The role of ceramide trihexoside (globotriaosylceramide) in the diagnosis and follow-up of the efficacy of treatment of Fabry disease: a review of the literature.
Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry - 1 Oct 2006
Bekri Soumeya, Lidove Olivier, Jaussaud Roland, Knebelmann Bertrand, Barbey Fréderic
Abstract excerpt
Fabry disease is caused by a deficiency of a-galactosidase A which leads to the progressive intra-lysosomal accumulation of ceramide trihexoside (CTH), also known as globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), in different cell types and body fluids. The clinical manifestations are multisystemic and predominant...
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