ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Fucosidosis
;
α-fucosidase
;
Oligosaccharides
;
Mental deterioration
;
Clinical heterogeneity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Two Austrian sisters with a different phenotype of fucosidosis are presented. The diagnosis was established by demonstrating complete α-l-fucosidase deficiency in the patients' liver as well as an increased excretion of oligosaccharides in the urine and an absence of α-l-fucosidase activity in skin fibroblasts of one patient. No correlation between enzyme activity and the different expression of the disease was found.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00661900
Permalink