From amaurotic idiocy to biochemically defined lipid storage diseases: the first identification of GM1-Gangliosidosis

On February 23rd 1936, a boy-child (“Kn”) died in an asylum near Munich after years of severe congenital dis-ease, which had profoundly impaired his development leading to inability to walk, talk and see as well as to severe epilepsy. While a diagnosis of “Little’s disease” was made during life, hi...

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Main Authors: Burkhard S Kasper, Christian Thomas, Anne Albers, Ekkehard Kasper, Konrad Sandhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Münster / Open Journals System 2023-08-01
Series:Free Neuropathology
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Online Access:https://www.wwu.de/Ejournals/index.php/fnp/article/view/4845