The Prevalence of Fabry Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Turkey: The TURKFAB Study

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Authors

Kültiğin Türkmen · Necmettin Erbakan University

Aydın Güçlü · Ahi Evran University

Garip Şahin · Eskişehir Osmangazi University

İsmail Koçyiğit · Erciyes University

Levent Demirtaş · Erzincan University

Fatih Mehmet Erdur · Necmettin Erbakan University

Erkan Şengül ·

Abstract

The prevalence of Fabry disease in selected CKD patients is in the range found among renal replacement therapy patients, but the disease is diagnosed at an earlier, treatable stage. These data support the ERBP recommendation to screen for Fabry disease in patients with CKD of unknown origin.

Topics & Keywords

Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Kidney & Blood Pressure Research

Volume 41, Issue 6, pp. 1016-1024

DOI: 10.1159/000452605

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