Abstract

Gaucher disease is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by the beta-glicosidase activity deficiency, which will lead to substrate accumulation mainly in the liver, spleen or bone marrow. The main symptoms are liver and spleen enlargement, anemia and low platelet count, bone crisis and fatigue. Several treatment options are available, as enzyme replacement therapy, substrate reduction therapy, or chaperones treatment whose effect is still studied. There are 77 adult patients treated at this time in Romania, 54 with intravenous enzyme replacement ant 23 with oral substrate reduction therapy. No severe adverse effects have been reported by now. All patients had improved disease related symptoms after the receiving of the treatment.

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