## Abstract Liver homotransplantation was attempted as replacement therapy in a 2βyearβold patient with near total absence of sphingomyelinase activity typical of NiemannβPick disease type A. Satisfactory function of the graft was observed until the death of the recipient from respiratory complicat
Inheritance of the enzyme defect in a new hexosaminidase deficiency disease
β Scribed by Dr. William G. Johnson; Abe M. Chutorian
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 452 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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