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Neuraminidase deficiency presenting as a nephrosialidosis: the first case detected in Poland.
Acta paediatrica Japonica : Overseas edition - 1 Oct 1996
Tylki-Szymanska A, Lugowska A, Czartoryska B
Abstract excerpt
A defect of lysosomal neuraminidase (sialidase N-acetyl-neuramine acid hydrolase EC 3.2.1.18) leads to a wide spectrum of phenotypes, the most severe of which is nephrosialidosis. A 4-year-old boy of related parents, born at term with hydrops fetalis, is reported. Hydrocephalus was detected at 2 months of age. The child's course over 3 years was characterized by slow growth and psychomotor development. He had...
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