A comprehensive monocentric ophthalmic study with Gaucher disease type 3 patients: vitreoretinal lesions, retinal atrophy and characterization of abnormal saccades

A comprehensive monocentric ophthalmic study with Gaucher disease type 3 patients: vitreoretinal lesions, retinal atrophy and characterization of abnormal saccades

Summary Background The differentiation between Gaucher disease type 3 (GD3) and type 1 is challenging because pathognomonic neurologic symptoms may be subtle and develop at late stages. The ophthalmologist plays a crucial role in identifying the typical impairment of horizontal saccadic eye movement...

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Main Authors: Susanne Hopf, Norbert Pfeiffer, Matthias Liesenfeld, Karl-Eugen Mengel, Julia B. Hennermann, Irene Schmidtmann, Susanne Pitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Saccadometry
Video-oculography
Saccades
Gaucher’s disease
Gaucher disease type III
Retina
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-019-1244-9

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