Skeletal manifestations in gaucher disease: Presentation and treatment

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 267-271

  Lebel, Ehud ^a   Itzchaki, Menachem ^a   Elstein, Deborah ^a   Hadas Halpern, Irit ^a   Abrahamov, Ayala ^a   Zimran, Ari ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Enzyme replacement therapy; Gaucher disease; Glucocerebrosidase; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE DISEASE; BONE NECROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURES, BONE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMANS; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0033289271     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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