A 3 1/2-year-old slightly retarded boy with marked deficiency of arylsulfatase A (ASA) activity in leucocytes and fibroblasts and almost no cerebroside sulfatase (CS) activity in fibroblasts was tested with the sulfatide-loading test. On this test his fibroblasts showed impaired degradation. A patho
Metachromatic leukodystrophy: On an atypical case
β Scribed by C. A. Zambrino; U. Balottin; A. Minelli; G. Rossi; G. Lanzi
- Publisher
- Springer Milan
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-1874
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