Marcio Andrade-Campos, Pilar Alfonso, Pilar Irun, Judith Armstrong, Carmen Calvo, Jaime Dalmau, Maria-Rosario Domingo, Jose-Luis Barbera, Horacio Cano, Maria-Angeles Fernandez-Galán, Rafael Franco, Inmaculada Gracia, Miguel Gracia-Antequera, Angela Ibañez, Francisco Lendinez, Marcos Madruga, Elena Martin-Hernández, Maria Del Mar O'Callaghan, Alberto Pérez Del Soto, Yolanda Ruiz Del Prado, Ignacio Sancho-Val, Pablo Sanjurjo, Miguel Pocovi, Pilar Giraldo
BACKGROUND: The enzymatic replacement therapy (ERT) availability for Gaucher disease (GD) has changed the landscape of the disease, several countries have screening programs. These actions have promoted the early diagnosis and avoided many complications in pediatric patients. In Spain ERT has been available since 1993 and 386 patients have been included in the Spanish Registry of Gaucher Disease (SpRGD). The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of ERT on the characteristics at time of diagnosis and initial complications in pediatric Gaucher disease patients...
May 3, 2017: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases