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Parkinson's disease in Gaucher disease patients: What's changing in the counseling and management of patients and their relatives?
- Source :
- Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background How to address the counseling of lifetime risk of developing Parkinson’s disease in patients with Gaucher disease and their family members carrying a single variant of the GBA1 gene is not yet clearly defined. In addition, there is no set way of managing Gaucher disease patients, taking into account the possibility that they may show features of Parkinson’s disease. Methods Starting from an overview on what has recently changed in our knowledge on this issue and grouping the experiences of healthcare providers of Gaucher disease patients, we outline a path of counseling and management of Parkinson’s disease risk in Gaucher disease patients and their relatives. Conclusion The approach proposed here will help healthcare providers to communicate Parkinson’s disease risk to their patients and will reduce the possibility of patients receiving inaccurate information from inadequate sources. Furthermore, this resource will help to empower healthcare providers to identify early signs and/or symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and decide when to refer these patients to the neurologist for appropriate specific therapy and follow-up.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Counseling
medicine.medical_specialty
Parkinson's disease
Early signs
Pharmacology toxicology
Gaucher disease
Management
Risk of Parkinson's disease
lcsh:Medicine
Disease
Humans
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
In patient
Child
Intensive care medicine
Position Statement
Genetics (clinical)
Family Health
business.industry
lcsh:R
Parkinson Disease
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Risk of Parkinson’s disease
nervous system diseases
Quality of Life
Disease risk
Glucosylceramidase
Lifetime risk
business
Healthcare providers
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4c17a32e684426d0feb550302b34a13d