Prenatal diagnosis of Krabbe disease
✍ Scribed by Marie T. Vanier; Lars Svennerholm; Jan-Eric Månsson; Gunilla Hakansson; André Bou; Jan Lindsten
- Book ID
- 119839224
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 609 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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A case of globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe's disease) was diagnosed prenatally by demonstrating a profound deficiency of cerebroside beta-galactosidase in cultured amniotic cells. The diagnosis was confirmed in the fetus aborted in the 19th week. In the cell-free amniotic fluid, normal enzyme act
Sixteen pregnancies in families with children enzymatically diagnosed as having Krabbe disease (KD) were monitored for prenatal KD using the assay of galactosyl ceramide beta-galactosidase (GCG) in uncultured chorionic villi (CV), cultured CV, or cultured amniotic fluid cells (AFC). Prenatal KD diag