Mobile App Study on Gaucher Disease

Outcomes of a pilot study on Gaucher disease using a mobile phone app and wearable technology demonstrate a more accurate approach to disease assessment. Gaucher disease is a lysosomal storage disorder that causes spleen and liver enlargement, bone problems, fatigue and neurological impairment.  The study allowed patients to self-report their daily disease activity. Bone pain was the most common reported symptom.

Read the source article at Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

 


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