Screening of high-risk Gaucher disease patients in Brazil using miniaturized dried blood spots and leukocyte techniques

Gene

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-198

  Goldim, Mariana Pereira de Souza ^a   Garcia, Cristina da Silva ^a   de Castilhos, Cristina Dickie ^a   Daitx, Vanessa Vitcoski ^a   Mezzalira, Jamila ^a   Breier, Ana Carolina ^a   Cé, Jaqueline ^a   Mello, Alexandre ^a   Andrade, Carla Vieira ^a   Sartori, Nicole ^a   Coelho, Janice Carneiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Chitotriosidase; Dried blood sample on filter paper; Enzyme activity; Lysosomal storage diseases

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CHITOTRIOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEVICES; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84865747661     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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