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Phenotype in patients with Gaucher disease and Parkinson disease.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Mar 2013
Chetrit Eli Ben, Alcalay Roy N, Steiner-Birmanns Bettina, Altarescu Gheona, Phillips Mici, Elstein Deborah, Zimran Ari
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous reports have shown an increased risk for Parkinson disease (PD) among type 1 Gaucher disease (GD) patients. However, the number of the reported cases of GD/PD is small and it is unknown whether certain GD phenotypes are associated with an increased PD risk. OBJECTIVE: To present GD and PD characteristics of adults affected by both diseases from a large Israeli GD clinic, and assess whether...
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