Prevalence of arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency allele in metachromatic leukodystrophy patients from Poland

European Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-107

  Ługowska, Agnieszka ^a,b   Czartoryska, Barbara ^a   Tylki Szymańska, Anna ^a   Bisko, Mariola ^a   Zimowski, Janusz G ^a   Berger, Johannes ^c   Molzer, Brunhilde ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency; Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033798464     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008205     Document Type: Article

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