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[Lysosome disease--Sandhoff disease].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Sept 1993
Eguchi I, Wakamatsu N, Nakano R, Tsuji S
Abstract excerpt
Lysosomal beta-hexosaminidase occurs as two major isozymes hexosaminidase A and B. The alpha subunit is encoded by the HEXA gene and the subunit by HEXB gene. Defects in the beta subunit lead to Sandhoff disease. Patients with the defect lack the activity or formation of both hexosaminidase A and B. The disorders are classified according to the age of onset, as infantile, juvenile and adult form. Recent molecular...
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