Marked increase of methylumbelliferyl-tetra-N-acetylchitotetraoside hydrolase activity in plasma from Gaucher disease patients

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 344-350

  Den Tandt, W R ^a   Van Hoof, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGLUCERASE; HYDROLASE; METHYLUMBELLIFERYL TETRA N ACETYLCHITOTETRAOSIDE HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAUCHER DISEASE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; WOLMAN DISEASE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CHITINASE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 0029891549     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01799265     Document Type: Article

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