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Globoid cell leukodystrophy: the first case with antemortem diagnosis in Japan.

Abstract
A Japanese boy was diagnosed as globoid cell leukodystrophy on the basis of a marked decrease in the galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase activity in the leukocytes and the serum when one year and two months old. At autopsy when 1 year and 10 months, microscopic findings were characteristic for those of globoid cell leukodystrophy. Galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase activities of leukocytes and sera of his father and mother were found to be half those of control subjects, thus it suggested the parents being heterozygotes of the disease.
AuthorsY Wada, T Arakawa, N Chida, A Onuma, H Nakagawa
JournalThe Tohoku journal of experimental medicine (Tohoku J Exp Med) Vol. 115 Issue 1 Pg. 53-9 (Jan 1975) ISSN: 0040-8727 [Print] Japan
PMID1129758 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Galactosidases
  • Galactosylceramidase
Topics
  • Autopsy
  • Brain (pathology)
  • Brain Diseases (pathology)
  • Cysts (pathology)
  • Frontal Lobe (pathology)
  • Galactosidases (blood)
  • Galactosylceramidase (blood)
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukocytes (enzymology)
  • Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell (blood, enzymology, pathology)
  • Male

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