Histopathological evidence of Fabry disease in a female patient with left ventricular noncompaction

Fabry disease is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the alpha-galactosidase gene. The most frequent cardiac presentation of Fabry disease is cardiomyopathy characterized by left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, usually concentric.Heart disease in affected females tends to...

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Main Authors: Elisabete Martins, Teresa Pinho, Stirling Carpenter, Sérgio Leite, Raquel Garcia, António Madureira, João Paulo Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255114001851

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