Biochemistry and molecular biology of Canavan disease.

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Canavan in 1931 described spongy degeneration of the brain in a child who was thought to have had Schilder's disease. Since that classic histological description, Canavan disease has become a distinct clinical entity, with the recognition by Van Bogaert and Bertrand that this is an autosomal recessive disease prevalant among children of Jewish extraction. Recent advances in the understanding of the biochemical...

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