Monitoring lyso-Gb1 may aid choice to begin ERT in Gaucher disease
Measuring levels of glucosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb1), a diagnostic biomarker of Gaucher disease, in children confirmed by newborn screening programs to have the disease may aid a decision about when to start enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). That’s according to a study in Italy that measured lyso-Gb1 levels monthly in three…