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An atypical variant of Fabry's disease in men with left ventricular hypertrophy.
The New England journal of medicine - 3 Aug 1995
Nakao S, Takenaka T, Maeda M, Kodama C, Tanaka A, Tahara M, Yoshida A, Kuriyama M, Hayashibe H, Sakuraba H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fabry's disease is considered very rare. Left ventricular hypertrophy is one of the common manifestations in adults with classic hemizygous disease. Recently, several cases of an atypical variant of hemizygous Fabry's disease, with manifestations limited to the heart, have been reported. Therefore, we assessed the incidence of hemizygosity for Fabry's disease among male patients with left ventricular...
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