Twenty- five years of biochemical diagnosis of Gaucher disease: the Egyptian experience

Background: Gaucher disease is a rare multi-systemic metabolic disorder resulting from the deficiency of acid β-glucosidase activity, with consequent accumulation of glucocerebroside. Less than 15% of mean normal acid β-glucosidase activity in leukocytes is the gold standard for the diagnosis of Gau...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ekram Fateen, Zeinab Y. Abdallah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019362346