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SUBMITTER: Doneda D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4213328 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Doneda Divair D Vairo Filippo P FP Lopes André L AL Reischak-Oliveira Alvaro A Schestatsky Pedro P Bianchin Marino M MM Moulin Cileide C CC Schwartz Ida V D IV
JIMD reports 20131217
<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Gaucher disease type III (GD III) is a rare form of GD characterized by neurological involvement and severe systemic disease. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status and energy metabolism of patients with GD III.<h4>Methods</h4>The basal metabolic rate (BMR, measured by indirect calorimetry) and anthropometric parameters (height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and arm circumference) of three patients with GD III (p.L444P/L444P genotype) were assessed a ...[more]