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Case Reports
. 1989 May;20(2):79-81.
doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071269.

Spongy degeneration of the neuraxis (Canavan-van Bogaert disease) and N-acetylaspartic aciduria

B Echenne  1 , P Divry, C Vianey-Liaud
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Spongy degeneration of the neuraxis (Canavan-van Bogaert disease) and N-acetylaspartic aciduria

B Echenne et al. Neuropediatrics. 1989 May.

Abstract

Urinary excretion of an abnormal amount of N-acetylaspartic acid has been evident in a 17-month-old child with an infantile picture of Canavan-van Bogaert disease. This observation makes it possible to consider the possibility of a simple biological diagnosis and confirms the existence of metabolic abnormalities which will probably permit to make rapid progress in the physiopathologic study of this disease.

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  • Canavan disease and N-acetylaspartic aciduria.
    Elpeleg ON, Amir N, Barash V, Glick B, Gross-Tsur V, Shachar E, Shapira Y, Tzelnik N. Elpeleg ON, et al. Neuropediatrics. 1989 Nov;20(4):238. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071301. Neuropediatrics. 1989. PMID: 2608171 No abstract available.

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