Biochemical and clinical analysis of accumulated glycolipids in symptomatic heterozygotes of angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry's disease) in comparison with hemizygotes.

Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry's disease) is an X-linked disorder of glycosphingolipid catabolism. Heterozygous females, although usually asymptomatic, are occasionally as severely afflicted as hemizygous males; recently we identified a heterozygous patient with cardiomyopathy and sever...

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Main Authors: I Hozumi, M Nishizawa, T Ariga, T Miyatake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1990-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520432195