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A Turkish case of galactosialidosis with a new homozygous mutation in CTSA gene.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Aug 2017
Kartal Ayşe, Aydın Kürşad
Abstract excerpt
Galactosialidosis is an autosamal reressive lysosomal storage disease caused by a combined deficiency of lysosomal β-galactosidase and neuraminidase, due to a primary defect in protective protein/cathepsin A. Three subtypes are recognized: the early infantile type, the late infantile type, and the juvenile/adult type. We report here a female patient with early infantile galactosialidosis who was born at 35 weeks...
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