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Adult onset metachromatic leukodystrophy without electroclinical peripheral nervous system involvement: a new mutation in the ARSA gene.
Archives of neurology - 1 Feb 2005
Marcão Ana M, Wiest Roland, Schindler Kaspar, Wiesmann Ulrich, Weis Joachim, Schroth Gerhard, Miranda Maria Clara S, Sturzenegger Matthias, Gieselmann Volkmar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by the deficiency of arylsulfatase A (ARSA). Clinically, the disease is heterogeneous with respect to the age of onset, affection of peripheral and central nervous systems, and progression. OBJECTIVES: To analyze mutations in the ARSA gene of a patient with adult-onset MLD with no signs of peripheral polyneuropathy and to...
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