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Late onset MLD with normal nerve conduction associated with two novel missense mutations in the ASA gene.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Apr 2004
Gallo S, Randi D, Bertelli M, Salviati Al, Pandolfo M
Abstract excerpt
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) rarely has its clinical onset in young adults, with a combination of cognitive and behavioural symptoms and peripheral neuropathy. Here we present an exceptional case with very late onset at 42 years of age and no clinical or neurophysiological sign of peripheral neuropathy. Molecular analysis revealed compound heterozygosity for two novel missense mutations affecting conserved...
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