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View Post: FDA Grants Priority Review for Shire's velaglucerase alfa for Type ...
3 Nov 2009
Gaucher disease has classicallybeen categorized into 3 clinical types. Type 1 is the most common; it isdistinguished from Type 2 and Type 3 by the lack of central nervous systeminvolvement. Type 1 Gaucher disease is characterized by ...
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View Post: Miglustat improves lipid profile in Type 1 Gaucher disease: Lipids ...
25 Oct 2009
To determine the effect of miglustat on the lipid profile, Pilar Giraldo (Miguel Servet University, Zaragoza, Spain) and co-workers studied 26 patients with Type 1 Gaucher disease who were treated with miglustat for up to 3 years. ...
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View Post: Gene Behind Gaucher Disease a Player in Parkinson's - Drugs.com ...
21 Oct 2009
Gaucher disease affects no more than one in 100000 people in most populations, with an estimated 5400 cases in the United States. As many as 3 million to 4 million Americans are estimated to have Parkinson's disease. ...
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View Post: Parkinson's disease in the news: GAUCHER'S DISEASE AND PARKINSON'S ...
27 Oct 2009 by PRFdiscussion  
Gaucher's Disease has been found to make Parkinson's Disease five times more likely. Gaucher's Disease is an inherited metabolic disorder in which harmful quantities of a substance called glucocerebroside can accumulate in the spleen, ...
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View Post: Mutation du gène de la Glucocerebrosidase (maladie de Gaucher) et ...
2 Nov 2009 by MaladieDeGAUCHER  
Background A clinical association has been reported between type 1 Gaucher's disease, which is caused by a glucocerebrosidase deficiency owing to mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA), and parkinsonism. ...
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View Post: First Patient Enrolled in Phase 3 Trials of Genzyme Oral Capsule ...
20 Oct 2009 by India-News  
ENCORE is a randomized, open-label study for adult patients with Gaucher disease type 1 designed to compare Genz-112638 to Cerezyme® (imiglucerase for injection). Adult patients who have previously received Cerezyme for at least three ...
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View Post: there are too many unknowns…
9 Aug 2009 by Melissa  
i know that we're likely going to lose him to this disease anyway, but you know what, no one knows that for sure. just like no one ever imagined that 26 years ago the little girl with gaucher disease type 3 would live as long as she has ...
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View Post: Rare Disease Gene Linked to Parkinson's Disease
26 Oct 2009 by Diane  
The group included 780 Ashkenazi Jews, a population in which a particular type of Gaucher disease is more prevalent. These data were matched against a control group of 4898 unaffected volunteers, including 387 Ashkenazi Jews. ...
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View Post: Gaucher disease linked to Parkinson's
25 Oct 2009 by Diet_Guru  
People who carry the gene for a rare genetic problem known as Gaucher disease have at least five times the normal risk of developing Parkinson's disease, researchers reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine. ...
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