Open AccessStroke in Fabry Disease Frequently Occurs Before Diagnosis and in the Absence of Other Clinical Events
Author(s) -
Katherine B. Sims,
Juan Politei,
Maryam Banikazemi,
Philip Lee
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.526293
Subject(s) - medicine , fabry disease , stroke (engine) , disease , fabry's disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Stroke is a common and serious clinical manifestation of Fabry disease, an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A activity. This study was undertaken to better understand the natural history of cerebrovascular manifestations of Fabry disease.
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