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Urinary globotriaosylceramide excretion correlates with the genotype in children and adults with Fabry disease.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Mar 2008
Auray-Blais Christiane, Cyr Denis, Ntwari Aimé, West Michael L, Cox-Brinkman Josanne, Bichet Daniel G, Germain Dominique P, Laframboise Rachel, Melançon Serge B, Stockley Tracy, Clarke Joe T R, Drouin Régen
Abstract excerpt
Fabry disease is a complex, multisystemic and clinically heterogeneous disease, in which the urinary excretion of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), the principal substrate of the deficient enzyme, alpha-galactosidase A, is more prominent than the increased concentrations of the lipid in the plasma of affected hemizygotes and heterozygotes. We have developed and validated a simultaneous analysis of Gb3 and creatinine...
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