The need to develop sensitive and specific assays amenable to mass screening and automation has become apparent. However test manufacturers are increasingly reluctant to invest resources for screening if the…
Mrs H was a regular plasmapheresis donor. On the day in question, after she had given blood and before her red cells were returned to her, she was asked to…
The high fever that regularly follows transfusion of some multiparous women and patients who have received many transfusions is often associated with serum leucocyte antibodies; mild febrile reactions, observed after…
Albumin was the only plasma concentrate used in World War II. However the other plasma fractions were retained and analyzed later. An entire industry which now involves tons of plasma…
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Case history A 6-year-old boy was taken to the doctor to review the skeletal X-rays, requested on the previous consultation. The mother reported that pregnancy and birth were uneventful. The…
2 Department of Paediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Introduction Of the 50 or more described lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) the majority are neuronopathic and associated with profound neurodegeneration. The…
2 Department of Biochemistry, Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 16.2 Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Graciana Diez-Roux and Andrea Ballabio Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine , Naples ,…
2 Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA3 Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, University Children’s Hospital, Tübingen, Germany MLD and GLD Metachromatic…
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