19 Apr 1987 Jahr - Krabbe disease globoid cell leukodystrophy

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hypertonia, irritability, delayed milestones
loss of developed milestones, fever, myoclonus
opisthotonus, nystagmus
It is caused by a deficiency of galactocerebroside ß-galactosidase, an enzyme that degrades cerebroside, a normal constituent of myelin. Cerebrosides accumulate in the lysosomes of macrophages within the white matter. This results in demyelination.
deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme galactocerebrosidase (GALC) which is a component in myelin metabolic turnover. This has been mapped to chromosome 14q
It is named after Knud Haraldsen Krabbe, a Danish neurologist (1885-1961)

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