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The treatment of juvenile/adult GM1-gangliosidosis with Miglustat may reverse disease progression.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Oct 2017
Deodato Federica, Procopio Elena, Rampazzo Angelica, Taurisano Roberta, Donati Maria Alice, Dionisi-Vici Carlo, Caciotti Anna, Morrone Amelia, Scarpa Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile and adult GM1-gangliosidosis are invariably characterized by progressive neurological deterioration. To date only symptomatic therapies are available. We report for the first time the positive results of Miglustat (OGT 918, N-butyl-deoxynojirimycin) treatment on three Italian GM1-gangliosidosis patients. The first two patients had a juvenile form (enzyme activity ≤5%, GLB1 genotype...
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