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An Australasian diagnostic service for the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Jan 2001
Muller V J, Paton B C, Fietz M J
Abstract excerpt
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a family of related genetic disorders that together are believed to affect one child in every 12,500 births in the USA. Our laboratory has developed a diagnostic service for classical late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL) by assay of tripeptidyl-peptidase I (TPP-I) activity using the fluorogenic peptide substrate Ala-Ala-Phe aminomethylcoumarin,...
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