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Results: come back and patient is anemic (RBC less than 13.5 in male, 12 in female) and thrombocytopenic (low platelets<150K (in this patient his platelets are 30K) You call a hematology specialist they recommend you order some test including a protein assay for beta glucocerobrosidase leukocyte assay (BGL assay). This enzyme is important for the degradation (digestion) of glycolipids in one of the organelles of a phagocyte leukocyte. The levels are low and genetics is consulted based on presumptive diagnosis of the autosomal recessive disease Gaucher Type 1. Which of the following cells is most likely pathological (not functioning properly) in this disease? Dermal fibroblast (skin cells) Red blood cells (RBCs) Macrophages (WBC) Osteocytes (bone cells)

          Results: come back and patient is anemic (RBC less than 13.5 in male, 12 in female) and thrombocytopenic (low platelets<150K (in this patient his platelets are 30K)
You call a hematology specialist they recommend you order some test including a protein assay for beta glucocerobrosidase leukocyte assay (BGL assay). This enzyme is important for the degradation (digestion) of glycolipids in one of the organelles of a phagocyte leukocyte. The levels are low and genetics is consulted based on presumptive diagnosis of the autosomal recessive disease Gaucher Type 1.
Which of the following cells is most likely pathological (not functioning properly) in this disease?
Dermal fibroblast (skin cells)
Red blood cells (RBCs)
Macrophages (WBC)
Osteocytes (bone cells)

results come back and patient is anemic rbc less than 135 in male 12 in female and thrombocytopenic low platelets150k in this patient his platelets are 30k you call a hematology specialist t 49469

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