Female carriers experience significant clinical manifestations [MISCELLANEOUS] Occurs in at least 1 in 55,000 male births (that figure may not include milder variants) [MISCELLANEOUS] Caused by mutation in alpha-galactosidase A gene (GLA, 300644.0001) [MOLECULAR BASIS] Onset usually in childhood or adolescence [MISCELLANEOUS] Atypical affected males, 'cardiac variants' 301500.0005 exist [MISCELLANEOUS] Death secondary to renal failure, cardiac or cerebrovascular disease [MISCELLANEOUS]
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