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SUBMITTER: van Dussen L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3590092 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Dussen Laura L Cox Timothy M TM Hendriks Erik J EJ Morris Elizabeth E Akkerman Erik M EM Maas Mario M Groener Johanna E M JE Aerts Johannes M F G JM Deegan Patrick B PB Hollak Carla E M CE
Haematologica 20120706 12
This paper describes the effects of a switch to velaglucerase alfa in a group of adult patients with type 1 Gaucher disease, all of whom had previously had their dose reduced as a consequence of the worldwide imiglucerase shortage. Thirty-two patients from two large European Gaucher centers switched to treatment with velaglucerase alfa after 1-8.5 months of dose reduction. The course of important Gaucher disease parameters was studied at four time points: one year before the shortage, just befor ...[more]