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Enzyme replacement: A strategy designed to replace missing enzyme activity in a patient. This strategy currently involves the administration of a purified protein (the enzyme) by intravenous infusion.
Medical treatment Enzyme replacement including conditions possibly treated or prevented by this treatment.
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is a medical treatment replacing an enzyme in patients in whom that particular enzyme is deficient or absent. Usually this is done by ...
Gaucher disease is the most common lysosomal storage disorder . A deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase (Figure 1) causes accumulation of the ...
Analysis & Insight: Jul 24, 2009 Companies Step In to Fill Gap in Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Gaucher’s. Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D. Shortage could lead to ...