RT Book, Section A1 Bissonnette, Bruno A1 Luginbuehl, Igor A1 Engelhardt, Thomas SR Print(0) ID 1164070585 T1 Gaucher Disease T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861789 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164070585 RD 2024/10/07 AB Most common inherited lipid storage disease. It is particularly common in Ashkenazi Jewish people. Characterized by accumulation of glucocerebrosides (derived from red blood cells) in many tissues, especially the macrophages in the bone marrow. Attention should be given to hematological parameters in particular with children with mild, nonneuronopathic Type I and severe neuronopathic Type III Gaucher disease in an attempt to minimize postoperative bleeding, the most serious complication.