Enzyme replacement therapy reduces the risk for wheelchair dependency in adult Pompe patients

BACKGROUND: Pompe disease is a rare metabolic myopathy. In adult patients, progressive weakness of limb-girdle and respiratory muscles often leads to wheelchair and respirator dependency. Clinical studies have shown enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) to positively affect motor and respiratory outcomes...

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Autores principales: van der Meijden, Jan C., Kruijshaar, Michelle E., Rizopoulos, Dimitris, van Doorn, Pieter A., van der Beek, Nadine A. M. E., van der Ploeg, Ans T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29788986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-018-0824-4

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