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Late-onset Tay-Sachs disease: phenotypic characterization and genotypic correlations in 21 affected patients.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Feb 2005
Neudorfer Orit, Pastores Gregory M, Zeng Bai J, Gianutsos John, Zaroff Charles M, Kolodny Edwin H
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the phenotype (and corresponding genotype) of adult patients with late-onset Tay-Sachs disease, a clinical variant of the GM2-gangliosidoses. METHODS: A comprehensive physical examination, including neurological assessments, was performed to establish the current disease pattern and severity. In addition, the patients' past medical histories were reviewed. The...
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