Abstract:BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Fabry disease (FD) is a rare lysosomal storage disease causing progressive kidney, nervous system and heart disorders. Specific therapy may stop or mitigate disease progression, but is very expensive and results depend significantly on early initiation of treatment. Thus, clear criteria for treatment options are necessary.
Kidney biopsy in FD has important diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutically implications. Some countries already decided to include a… Show more
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