Screening for patients with Gaucher's disease using routine pathology results: PATHFINDER (ferritin, alkaline phosphatase, platelets) study.

Timothy M Reynolds Anthony S WierzbickiVolha SkrahinaChristian Beetznull null

Published in: International journal of clinical practice (2021)

Pathology databases hold routine information that can be used to screen for patients with inherited errors of metabolism. However, biochemical screening using mean platelets, ALP, and ferritin has a low yield for unidentified cases of GD.

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