Increased levels of GM2 ganglioside in fibroblasts from a patient with juvenile Niemann-Pick disease type C

Brain and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-97

  Watanabe, Yasuhiro ^a   Akaboshi, Shinjiro ^a   Ishida, Gen ^a   Takeshima, Takao ^a   Yano, Tamami ^a   Taniguchi, Miyako ^a   Ohno, Kousaku ^a   Nakashima, Kenji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Foamy cells; GM2 ganglioside; Juvenile lipidosis; Niemann Pick disease type C (NPC)

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FILIPIN; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; GLYCOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPLENOMEGALY; BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW CELLS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FIBROBLASTS; FILIPIN; G(M2) GANGLIOSIDE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0031594198     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00113-7     Document Type: Article

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