Delayed postanoxic demyelination and arylsulfatase-A pseudodeficiency.
We report a patient with delayed postanoxic demyelination who had pseudodeficiency of arylsulfatase A, reducing his enzyme activity to 10 to 30% of normal. This may have implications regarding the pathogenesis of postanoxic demyelination.
Weinberger
L M
LM
Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.
Schmidley
J W
JW
Schafer
I A
IA
Raghavan
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase / Q000172:deficiency*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase