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SUBMITTER: Gungor D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4754323 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Güngör Deniz D Kruijshaar Michelle E ME Plug Iris I Rizopoulos Dimitris D Kanters Tim A TA Wens Stephan C A SC Reuser Arnold J J AJ van Doorn Pieter A PA van der Ploeg Ans T AT
Journal of inherited metabolic disease 20151103 2
<h4>Background</h4>Pompe disease is an inheritable metabolic disorder for which enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) has been available since 2006. Effects of ERT have been shown on distance walked, pulmonary function and survival. We investigated whether it also improves quality of life and participation in daily life in adult patients with the disease.<h4>Methods</h4>In an international survey, we assessed quality of life (Short Form 36, SF-36) and participation (Rotterdam Handicap Scale, RHS) ann ...[more]