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| {{Gaucher's disease}}
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| {{CMG}}; '''Associate Editor-In-Chief:''' {{CZ}}
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| ==Overview==
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| In populations with high rates of carriage (Ashkenazi Jews and Norrbottnian Swedes and a few African American tribes), some family members of the index patient may already have been diagnosed with Gaucher's. Truly sporadic cases may suffer diagnostic delay due to the protean symptoms.
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| ==Laboratory Findings==
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| [[Complete blood count]] and differential count: [[anemia]], [[neutropenia]] and [[thrombocytopenia]]
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| Biochemical abnormalities: high [[alkaline phosphatase]], [[angiotensin-converting enzyme]] (ACE) and [[immunoglobulin]] levels.
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| Other tests include:
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| * Blood test to look for enzyme activity
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| * Bone marrow aspiration
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| * Genetic testing
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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| [[Category:Needs content]]
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| {{WH}}
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