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metachromatic leukodystrophy
dysmyelinating disease
- autosomal recessive
- aryl sulfatase A -- absent from urine and serum
- most present by 2 yrs, die at 3-4 yrs
- may arise at any age
- CT: decreased density of white matter, primarily in centrum semiovale
- +/- focal GB defects (!)
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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