Comparison between the biochemical properties of plasma chitotriosidase from normal individuals and from patients with Gaucher disease, GM1-gangliosidosis, Krabbe disease and heterozygotes for Gaucher disease

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Wajner, Alessandro ^a,b   Michelin, Kristiane ^a,b   Burin, Maira G ^b   Pires, Ricardo F ^a   Pereira, Maria Luiza S ^a,b   Giugliani, Roberto ^a,b   Coelho, Janice C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitotriosidase; Enzyme kinetics; Gaucher disease; GM1 gangliosidosis; Krabbe disease; Lysosomal storage diseases

Indexed keywords

CHITOTRIOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAUCHER DISEASE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GANGLIOSIDOSIS, GM1; GAUCHER DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL;

EID: 33847204944     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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