Krabbe disease: a galactosylsphingosine (psychosine) lipidosis.
The primary genetic defect underlying Krabbe disease or globoid cell leukodystrophy is considered to be a deficiency of galactosylceramide-beta-galactosidase. In the present study of the brains from 18 patients who had died from Krabbe disease at 7-37 months of age, the concentration of galactosylce...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1980-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520398394 |