Cognitive outcome of patients with classic infantile Pompe disease receiving enzyme therapy.
Ebbink BJ, Aarsen FK, van Gelder CM, van den Hout JM, Weisglas-Kuperus N, Jaeken J, Lequin MH, Arts WF, van der Ploeg AT
Neurology, 2012 May 08
Abstract
Classic infantile Pompe disease affects many tissues, including the brain. Untreated infants die within their first year. Although enzyme-replacement therapy (ERT) significantly increases survival, its potential limitation is that the drug cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. We therefore investigated long-term cognitive development in patients treated with ERT.