Neuroaxonal Dystrophy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-3-6-4

Keywords:

Alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase, Neuroaxonal Dystrophies, Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome

Abstract

The clinical, pathological and biochemical findings in two brothers with a newly recognized form of infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy associated with alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase deficiency are reported from the Divisions of Medical and Molecular Genetics and Neuropathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York; Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Department of Physiological Chemistry, University of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany; and Department of Hunan Genetics, University of Wurzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Published

1989-06-01

Issue

Section

Neuromuscular Disorders