title: [Gaucher's disease: clinical picture in 11 children].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gaucher's disease, the most prevalent lysosome storage disorder, presents an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance with a deficiency of the acid b-glucosidase enzyme. Our objective was to describe the clinical features, symptoms, evolution and treatment of Gaucher's disease in Mexican pediatric patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  the medical files of every patient diagnosed with Gaucher's treated during the last 11 years at the Pediatrics Department at General Hospital "Dr. Gaudencio González Garza" were reviewed. Demographic and clinical data were registered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  eleven patients were diagnosed with Gaucher's Disease: eight women and three men between the age of 7 and 172 months. Four patients were classified as type I, two as type II and five as type III.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a better understanding of the clinical features and diverse phenotypes in Mexican patients with Gaucher's disease will contribute to a timely diagnosis and a continuous, individualized treatment.
authors: Departamento de Hematología Pediátrica, Hospital General, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, Mexico. s_franco_ornelas@yahoo.com.mx
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Franco-Ornelas
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: González-Vite
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Núñez-Villegas
authors: Karina
authors: K
authors: Solís-Labastida
authors: Jorge Mena
authors: JM
authors: Brito-Trejo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies