Publications by authors named "Ilanca Fraser"
Background: Gaucher disease is a rare autosomal recessive glycosphingolipid storage disease that ultimately leads to reduced life expectancy. Management of Gaucher disease is challenging due to its wide genotypic and phenotypic variability and changing clinical manifestations due to effective treatment. Deliberation between experts is essential to discuss daily clinical practice and identify controversies regarding the management of Gaucher disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The guideline development aimed to establish Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) for Telehealth in Rheumatology within the Arab region, focusing on barriers and facilitators, and producing a practical toolkit.
- A multidisciplinary task force, including rheumatologists, patients, and regulators from 15 countries, used a voting process to assess and agree on the guidelines and toolkit based on literature and discussions.
- Key concepts emphasized in the guidelines include patient confidentiality, the quality of care, and a triage system, which collectively provide rheumatologists with effective strategies for implementing telehealth.
Background: The recently launched nucleotide polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir represents a significant turn in the treatment paradigm of chronic hepatitis C. While effective, sofosbuvir is also associated with a considerable cost.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of sofosbuvir-containing regimens in treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 5 (HCV-G5) mono-infection in South Africa (SA).