What is it about?

These children have matabolic problems affecting many systems and also bone quality and growth. This study evaluates baseline values of bone density in this disease and also differences related to genotype and treatment stratus.

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Why is it important?

No other studies evaluating DXA in children with Gaucher dis.

Perspectives

Further studies are needed to put our results in time perspective. Specifically those who receive treatment

Ehud Lebel
Shaare Zedek Medical Center

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This page is a summary of: Bone mineral density and lean muscle mass characteristics in children with Gaucher disease treated with enzyme replacement therapy or untreated, Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases, November 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2016.10.006.
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