Molecular heterogeneity of Krabbe disease

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Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that affects both the central and peripheral nervous system due to an enzymatic defect of galactocerebrosidase (GALC). Following its cloning, many mutations in the galactocerebrosidase gene have been reported, but the correlation between phenotype and genotype was not clear in many cases. In this study we further...

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