Urine sulfatides and the diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 232-238

  Natowicz, Marvin R ^a,b,c   Prence, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Chaturvedi, Prasoon ^a,b   Newburg, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Shriver Ctr for Mental Retardation   (United States)

Author keywords

arylsulfatase A; chromatography, liquid; heritable disorders; lysosomal storage disease; sulfatidase

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE; LYSOSOME ENZYME; SULFATIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030020794     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.2.232     Document Type: Article

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