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[Juvenile GM2 gangliosidosis with progressive spinal muscular atrophy onset].
Revue neurologique - 1 Mar 1997
Rondot P, Navon R, Eymard B, Fardeau M, Turpin J C, Lefevre M, Bathien N, Wu Y, Baumann N
Abstract excerpt
GM2 gangliosidosis are caused by a beta-hexosaminidase A enzyme deficiency. Mutations in the gene leaving residual enzyme activity give rise to juvenile and adult forms of the disease which have a great clinical heterogeneity. We report three cases which have been considered for some time as Kugelberg-Welander disease. beta-hexosaminidase A was determined with the sulfated synthetic substrate,...
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