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Imiglucerase (Cerezyme) improves quality of life in patients with skeletal manifestations of Gaucher disease.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 2007
Weinreb N, Barranger J, Packman S, Prakash-Cheng A, Rosenbloom B, Sims K, Angell J, Skrinar A, Pastores G M
Abstract excerpt
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) can be diminished in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease (GD) owing to the debilitating clinical manifestations of this chronic disease. This study investigates the impact of imiglucerase treatment on HRQOL of patients with type 1 GD and bone involvement. Thirty-two previously untreated type 1 GD patients with skeletal manifestations including bone pain, medullary...
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