title: Low leukocyte glutamate dehydrogenase activity does not correlate with a particular type of multiple system atrophy.
abstract: Leucocyte glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) activity was measured in 26 normal control subjects, 20 patients with multiple system atrophy presenting features of either olivopontocerebellar atrophy or striatonigral degeneration and in a heterogenous group of 15 patients with spinocerebellar degenerations. A broad range of GDH activity was found in all three groups. Low activity failed to correlate with a specific clinical entity. Patients followed to post-mortem examination to date have demonstrated histological features of at least three distinct morbid entities. It is concluded, contrary to earlier reports including the authors', that low leukocyte GDH activity does not identify a particular type of multiple system atrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Duvoisin
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Nicklas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sage
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chokroverty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D009849:Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D013132:Spinocerebellar Degenerations / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase