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An Atypical Variant of Fabry's Disease with Manifestations Confined to the Myocardium

An Atypical Variant of Fabry's Disease with Manifestations Confined to the Myocardium FABRY'S DISEASE is an X-linked recessive disorder resulting from deficient activity of the lysosomal hydrolase α-galactosidase A.1-3 The enzymatic defect leads to the progressive accumulation of neutral glycosphingolipids with terminal α-galactosyl moieties (particularly globotriaosylceramide) in the lysosomes of vascular endothelial and smooth-muscle cells throughout the body. In classically affected males, who have no detectable α-galactosidase A activity, the onset of disease manifestations occurs in childhood or adolescence and is characterized by severe acroparesthesias, angiokeratoma, corneal opacities, and hypohidrosis. The cardiac manifestations result from the accumulation of globotriaosylceramide in the myocytes, leading to myocardial failure; in coronary endothelial cells, resulting . . . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine

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Publisher
The New England Journal of Medicine
ISSN
0028-4793
eISSN
1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/NEJM199102073240607
pmid
1846223
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Abstract

FABRY'S DISEASE is an X-linked recessive disorder resulting from deficient activity of the lysosomal hydrolase α-galactosidase A.1-3 The enzymatic defect leads to the progressive accumulation of neutral glycosphingolipids with terminal α-galactosyl moieties (particularly globotriaosylceramide) in the lysosomes of vascular endothelial and smooth-muscle cells throughout the body. In classically affected males, who have no detectable α-galactosidase A activity, the onset of disease manifestations occurs in childhood or adolescence and is characterized by severe acroparesthesias, angiokeratoma, corneal opacities, and hypohidrosis. The cardiac manifestations result from the accumulation of globotriaosylceramide in the myocytes, leading to myocardial failure; in coronary endothelial cells, resulting . . .

Journal

The New England Journal of MedicineThe New England Journal of Medicine

Published: Feb 7, 1991

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