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Development of a filter paper method potentially applicable to mass and high-risk urinary screenings for Fabry disease.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Feb 2007
Auray-Blais C, Cyr D, Mills K, Giguère R, Drouin R
Abstract excerpt
Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder of glycosphingolipid catabolism resulting from a deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase A, and leading to the progressive accumulation of one biomarker, globotriaosylceramide (Gb(3)), predominantly elevated in the urine of these patients. We have developed a technique for the analysis of total Gb(3) in urine samples collected on filter paper, using...
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