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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Fabry's Disease: The Utility of a Multidisciplinary Screening Approach.

Marco Angelo Monte, Massimiliano Veroux, Margherita Stefania Rodolico, Valentina Losi, Luigi Di Pino, Rita Bella, Giuseppe Lanza, Ines Paola Monte

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Marco Angelo MonteDepartment of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Massimiliano VerouxDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2780-6421
Margherita Stefania RodolicoC.N.R. Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation-IRIB, Via P. Gaifami 18, 95126 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6878-9779
Valentina LosiDepartment of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9328-4417
Luigi Di PinoDepartment of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Rita BellaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8332-6863
Giuseppe LanzaDepartment of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5659-662X
Ines Paola MonteDepartment of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7059-7525

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Abstract

(1) Background: As a lysosomal storage disorder, Fabry’s disease (FD) shows variable clinical manifestations. We applied our multidisciplinary approach to identify any organ damage in a sample of adult patients with different pathogenic variants. (2) Methods: 49 participants (mean age 44.3 ± 14.2 years; 37 females), underwent a multidimensional clinical and instrumental assessment. (3) Results: At diagnosis, mean enzymatic activity was 5.2 ± 4.6 nM/mL/h in females and 1.4 ± 0.5 nM/mL/h in males (normal values > 3.0), whereas globotriaosylsphingosine was 2.3 ± 2.1 nM/L in females and 28.7 ± 3.5 nM/L in males (normal values < 2.0). Overall, cardiovascular, neurological, and audiological systems were the most involved, regardless of the variant detected. Patients with classic variants (10) showed typical multiorgan involvement and, in some cases, prevalent organ damage (cardiovascular, neurological, renal, and ocular). Those with late-onset variants (39) exhibited lower occurrence of multiorgan impairment, although some of them affected the cardiovascular and neurological systems more. In patients with lower enzymatic activity, the most frequent involvement was neurological, followed by peripheral vascular disease. (4) Conclusions: FD patients exhibited wide phenotypic variability, even at single-organ level, likely due to the individual genetic mutation, although other factors may contribute. Compared to the conventional management, a multidisciplinary approach, as that prompted at our Center, allows one to achieve early clinical detection and management.

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Fabry’s diseasegeneticslysosomal storage diseasemultidisciplinaryscreening

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