Prevalence of Fabry disease in dialysis patients: Western Australia Fabry disease screening study - the FoRWARD study

Prevalence of Fabry disease in dialysis patients: Western Australia Fabry disease screening study - the FoRWARD study

Abstract Aim To determine the prevalence of undiagnosed Fabry Disease (FD) in Western Australian (WA) patients undergoing dialysis. Background FD is a multisystem X-linked lysosomal storage disease caused by deficient activity of alpha-galactosidase-A (α-GAL-A). Affected individuals are at risk of d...

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Main Authors: Sadia Jahan, Subashini Sarathchandran, Shamina Akhter, Jack Goldblatt, Samantha Stark, Douglas Crawford, Andrew Mallett, Mark Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Fabry disease
Screening
Dialysis
Dried blood spot
α-GAL-A
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-019-1290-3

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