Article
[GM2-Gangliosidosis variant B1 disclosed during adolescence by an isolated multi-systemic involvement of the central and peripheral nervous systems].
Revue neurologique - 1 Jan 1994
Le Coz P, Assouline E, Vanier M T, Goutières F, Mikol J, Woimant F, Pinard J M, Aicardi J, Haguenau M
Abstract excerpt
The authors report on a Portuguese family with 3 adult brothers affected with GM2-gangliosidosis (B1 variant) in a sibship of 4, and more specifically on one of these brothers with neurological onset at the age of 17. Psychosis, lower motoneuron involvement and dysarthria were predominant in two...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- G(M2) Ganglioside
- Genetic Variation
- Hexosaminidase A
- Humans
- Male
- Muscular Atrophy
- Mutation
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
- Portugal
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
