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Identification of Fabry Disease in a Tertiary Referral Cohort of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Feb 2018
Maron Martin S, Xin Winnie, Sims Katherine B, Butler Rita, Haas Tammy S, Rowin Ethan J, Desnick Robert J, Maron Barry J
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BACKGROUND: Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficient activity of α-galactosidase A due to mutations in the GLA gene, which may be associated with increased left ventricular wall thickness and mimic the morphologic features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Management strategies for these 2 diseases diverge, with Fabry disease-specific treatment utilizing recombinant...
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