The Fabry Disease
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Classification
is a hereditary disorder, caused by the lack of
alphagalactosidase A. It is an x-linked recessive inheritance. Therefore it is
the females that carry it. The ones who are mostly affected by this disease are
the males. Female carriers, though, may develop angiokeratomas and may h ....
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.... intra-
epidermal (intra - within, epidermal - outer layer) spaces filled with blood.
Places (vessel wall) where there is no telangiectasis are filled with deposits
of glycolipids. These deposits are also found in the heart, muscles, renal
tubules and glomeruli, central nervous system, spleen, liver, bone marrow, lymph
nodes and cornea. Retarded growth, delayed puberty and ocular abnormalities are
also common symptoms. These symptoms are mostly fond in males because they
display full-blown ....
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