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Apolipoprotein E genotype and LRP1 polymorphisms in patients with different clinical types of metachromatic leukodystrophy.
Gene - 10 Sept 2013
Ługowska Agnieszka, Musielak Małgorzata, Jamroz Ewa, Pyrkosz Antoni, Kmieć Tomasz, Tylki-Szymańska Anna, Bednarska-Makaruk Małgorzata
Abstract excerpt
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a severe, neurodegenerative, metabolic disease which is caused by deficient activity of arylsulfatase A (ARSA). Sulfatides and other substrates of ARSA are stored in central and peripheral nervous systems, and in some other organs. Accumulated sulfatides are especially toxic to oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells leading to progressive demyelination. The kind of apolipoprotein...
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