Lessons from lung transplantation: Cause for redefining the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension in gaucher disease

Background: Gaucher disease type 1 (GD1) is a lysosomal storage disease rarely resulting in end stage pulmonary hypertension (PH) and interstitial lung disease. There have only been two previous case reports of patients with GD1 receiving lung transplants. Case presentation: We report a case of succ...

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Main Authors: Gillian C. Goobie, Sandra M. Sirrs, John Yee, John C. English, Celine Bergeron, Roland Nador, John R. Swiston, Pramod K. Mistry, Wendy Paquin, Robert D. Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007119300577