Article
Schindler disease: an inherited neuroaxonal dystrophy due to alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase deficiency.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 1990
Desnick R J, Wang A M
Abstract excerpt
The clinical, pathological and biochemical features of a neuroaxonal dystrophy resulting from the deficient activity of lysosomal alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase are described. This neurodegenerative disorder was recognized in two brothers who had the typical clinical manifestations and neuropathological lesions observed in patients with Seitelberger disease, the infantile form of neuroaxonal dystrophy. Axonal...
Topics
- Axons
- Carbohydrate Sequence
- Hexosaminidases
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Pedigree
- alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase
