Article
Phenotypic continuum of type 2 Gaucher's disease: an intermediate phenotype between perinatal-lethal and classic type 2 Gaucher's disease.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association - 1 Feb 2009
Ben Turkia H, Tebib N, Azzouz H, Abdelmoula M S, Ben Chehida A, Caillaud C, Ben Dridi M F
Abstract excerpt
The natural history and clinical presentation of the perinatal-lethal Gaucher's disease, a severe variant of acute type 2 Gaucher's disease, is quite different from classic type 2 Gaucher's disease. Rare reported patients had an overlapping phenotype between these two forms confirming that phenotyping may be difficult. Here we report three patients with an intermediate phenotype. The first two patients showed at...
Topics
- Female
- Gaucher Disease
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Phenotype
