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Glucosylsphingosine is a Highly Sensitive and Specific Biomarker in Gaucher Disease
Only GD patients displayed elevated levels of Glucosylsphingosine higher than 12 ng/ml whereas the comparison controls groups revealed concentrations below the pathological cut-off, verifying the […]
Idiopathic Small Fiber Neuropathy: Phenotype, Etiologies, and the Search for Fabry Disease
The following etiologies were identified in 12 patients: impaired glucose tolerance (58.3%), diabetes mellitus (16.6%), alcohol abuse (8.3%), mitochondrial disease (8.3%), and hereditary neuropathy […]
Fabry Disease – Underestimated in the Differential Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis?
There are several anamnestic and clinical hints indicating when Fabry disease should be considered a relevant differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, e.g. female patients with asymmetric, […]
Functional Characterisation of Alpha-Galactosidase
In order to predict the metabolic consequence of a given mutation, we combined in vitro enzyme activity with in vivo biomarker data. Furthermore, we used the pharmacological chaperone (PC) […]
Clinical, Genetic, and Brain Sonographic Features Related to Parkinson’s Disease in Gaucher Disease
Here we studied how clinical, genetic, and brain sonographic findings relate to the occurrence of PD in Gaucher disease. We conclude that the combined clinical, genetic, and transcranial sonographic […]
Broad Spectrum of Fabry Disease Manifestation
Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked inherited disease based on the absence or reduction of lysosomal-galactosidase (Gla) activity. The enzymatic defect results in progressive impairment of […]
Diagnostic Difficulties in Krabbe Disease: A Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature
Globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD, also known as Krabbe disease), whose pathophysiology is still not completely elucidated, is an inherited, metabolic, and neurodegenerative disease, caused by the […]
A Founder Mutation Causing a Severe Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Deficiency in Bukharian Jews
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. A novel homozygous MTHFR c.474A>T (p.G158G) mutation was detected in two unrelated children of Jewish […]
Novel Mutations in FA2H-Associated Neurodegeneration: An Underrecognized Condition?
Hereditary spastic paraplegias and related genetically heterogeneous disorders may be difficult to distinguish clinically. The FA2H gene has been associated with autosomal recessive neurodegenerative […]