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[Diagnostic strategy of metachromatic leukodystrophy in Tunisia].
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 2000
Barboura Ilhem, Chebel Saber, Ferchichi Salima, Ben Mansour Rachida, Frih-Ayed Mahbouba, Miled Abdelhedi
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We recruited a 44-year-old woman who had a dementia with behavioral and personality troubles. A biochemical analysis which includes a qualitative study of urinary sulfatides by thin layer chromatography followed by the determination of the enzymatic activity of arylsulfatase A (ARSA) was performed. The Molecular analysis concerned the research of the most frequent mutations (459 +1 G> A, p.P426L, p.I179S). The...
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