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Gauchers disease

Background

Gaucher disease is a lysosomal storage disorder that is caused by an inherited deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase.

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Medical text written November 1992 by Professor T Cox, Professor of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK. Last reviewed February 2006 by Dr A Velodi, Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Metabolic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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