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An unusual presentation of Gaucher's disease: aortic valve fibrosis in a patient homozygous for a rare G377S mutation.
Collegium antropologicum - 1 Mar 2010
Perić Zinaida, Kardum-Skelin Ika, Puskarić Biljana Jelić, Letilović Tomislav, Vrhovac Radovan, Jaksić Branimir
Abstract excerpt
Gaucher's disease (GD) has variable presentations, but cardiac involvement is a generally uncommon clinical manifestation of the disease. In the past 25 years, the underlying genetic disorder in GD has been well characterized, with almost 300 mutations identified in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA). Nevertheless, clear genotype-phenotype correlations have been confirmed only for the most frequent mutations. We...
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