Nationwide screening for Fabry disease in unselected stroke patients.
Aleš TomekReková PetraJaroslava Paulasova SchwabovaAnna OlšerováMiroslav ŠkorňaMiroslava NevšímalováLibor ŠimůnekRoman HerzigŠtěpánka FafejtováPetr MikulenkaAlena TáboříkováJiří NeumannRichard BrzeznyHelena SobolováJan BartoníkDaniel VáclavíkMarta VachováKarel BechyněHana HavlíkováTomáš PraxDaniel ŠaňákIrena ČerníkováIva OndečkováPetr ProcházkaJan RajnerMiroslav ŠkodaJan NovákOndřej ŠkodaMichal BarRobert MikulíkGabriela DostálováAleš Linhartnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2021)
The prevalence of FD in unselected adult patients with acute stroke is 0.2%. Both patients who had a pathogenic GLA gene variant were younger than 50 years. Our results support FD screening in patients that had a stroke event before 50 years of age.