Cysteamine therapy: a treatment for cystinosis, not a cure.

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Cherqui S

Cysteamine therapy: a treatment for cystinosis, not a cure.

Kidney Int. 2012 Jan;81(2):127-9. doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.301.

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Abstract

Cystinosis as a clinical entity is a progressive dysfunction of multiple organs caused by the accumulation of cystine in the tissues, leading, for example, to end-stage renal failure, diabetes, hypothyroidism, myopathy, and central nervous system deterioration. Brodin-Sartorius and colleagues present a long-term study on the impact of cysteamine therapy on these complications. The data show that cysteamine improves the outcome and complications of cystinosis but does not prevent them.

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