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