Metachromatic Leukodystrophy: A Comparative Study of the Ultrastructural Findings in the Peripheral Nervous System of Three Cases, One of the Late Infantile, One of the Juvenile and one of the Adult Form of the Disease
- 18 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Neuropediatrics
- Vol. 9 (04), 338-350
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1091493
Abstract
The pathological changes consist of 2 phenomena: segmental demyelination and lysosomal storage of sulfatides, both probably separate results of a deficiency of the enzyme arylsulfatase A (EC 3.1.6.1). Some differences are found in the degree of segmental demyelination and the type of lysosomal storage products. A possible relation between these differences and the supposed difference in the defect of arylsulfatase A, responsible for the different subtypes of the disease, is postulated.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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