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A case of galactosialidosis with novel mutations of the protective protein/cathepsin a gene: diagnosis prompted by trophoblast vacuolization on placental examination.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Kostadinov Stefan, Shah Birju A, Alroy Joseph, Phornphutkul Chanika
Abstract excerpt
Galactosialidosis (GS) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by a combined deficiency of lysosomal β-galactosidase and neuraminidase as a result of a genetic defect in the protective protein/cathepsin A gene. We report a case of unsuspected fetal galactosialidosis presenting as severe intrauterine growth restriction and oligohydramnios prenatally and as hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in...
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