Sphingolipidoses
Sphingolipidoses are relatively common and important health problem in Turkey
Published in Blood Weekly, November 4th, 2004
"During the last 5 years 2057 children under the age of 5 with various neurologic symptoms with the suspected diagnosis of lysosomal storage diseases were referred to our hospital from different universities and state hospitals. We were able to separate sphingolipidoses by lysosomal enzyme screening," scientists writing in the journal Brain & Development report.
"A total of 300 patients (15%) with sphingolipidoses were diagnosed; there were deficiencies of arylsulfatase A [metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)] in 93 (31%), hexosaminidase [Sandhoff disease (SHD)] in...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2004-11-04)
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