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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Münster / Open Journals System
2023-08-01
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Series: | Free Neuropathology |
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Online Access: | https://www.wwu.de/Ejournals/index.php/fnp/article/view/4845 |