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Table 5 Causes of death in 17 deceased South Florida treated GD1 patients

From: Patients with type 1 Gaucher disease in South Florida, USA: demographics, genotypes, disease severity and treatment outcomes

     Cause of death

Total number of pts

Number of pts with splenectomy

Parkinsonism*

3

2

Chronic kidney disease

3

 

Acute myeloid leukemia and/or myelodysplasia

3

1

Dementia without Parkinsonism

2

 

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

1

1

Lung cancer, metastatic

1

 

Cerebrovascular accident

1

 

Congestive heart failure

1

 

Bronchiolitis obliterans and auto-immune hemolytic anemia

1

 

Air embolism associated with illicit IV drug use

1

 
  1. *Age at Parkinson disease diagnosis: 45, 54, and 63 years respectively.
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

ISSN: 1750-1172