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metachromatic leukodystrophies

metachromatic leukodystrophies is the plural of metachromatic leukodystrophy.

Meaning of metachromatic leukodystrophy

Noun

metachromatic leukodystrophy (plural metachromatic leukodystrophies)

  1. Any of a range of genetic metabolic disorders caused by defective genes for arylsulfatase enzymes,
    • Metachromatic leukodystrophy is an autosomal recessive disorder that is usually caused by mutations in the arylsulfatase A (ARSA) gene on chromosome 22q13.31.[…]Several molecular forms of arylsulfatase A exist and may account for the different phenotypes of metachromatic leukodystrophy.2010, Michael C. Brodsky, Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology, Springer, page 478
  2. especially, a deficiency in the enzyme ARSA (arylsulfatase A).

Questions about metachromatic leukodystrophies

What is metachromatic leukodystrophies the plural of?
Metachromatic leukodystrophies is the plural of metachromatic leukodystrophy.

Words near metachromatic leukodystrophies in the dictionary

  1. metacholine
  2. metachondromatosis
  3. metachromasia
  4. metachromasy
  5. metachromatic
  6. metachromatic leukodystrophies
  7. metachromatic leukodystrophy
  8. metachromatically
  9. metachromatism
  10. metachrome
  11. metachromic

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