Clinical and molecular characteristics of Japanese Gaucher disease.

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Clinical signs and symptoms of Gaucher disease are more severe in Japanese than in Jewish and other non-Japanese patients. A higher percentage of bone crises and splenectomy was demonstrated by Japanese patients, and there were five fatalities among patients with type 1 Gaucher disease. Additionally, neonatal Gaucher disease, clinically characterized by hydrops foetalis, was observed. Japanese patients with type...

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