Article
GM1-gangliosidosis (genetic beta-galactosidase deficiency): identification of four mutations in different clinical phenotypes among Japanese patients.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1991
Nishimoto J, Nanba E, Inui K, Okada S, Suzuki K
Abstract excerpt
GM1-gangliosidosis is a genetic neurological disorder caused by mutations in the lysosomal acid beta-galactosidase gene. While its phenotypic expression is complex, it is usually classified as being of infantile, juvenile, or adult form, on the basis of age at onset, the rate of symptomatic progr...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Line
- Child, Preschool
- Cloning, Molecular
- Female
- G(M1) Ganglioside
- Gangliosidoses
- Humans
- Infant
- Japan
