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Diagnosis of Glycosphingolipidoses by Urinary-Sediment Analysis

List of authors.
  • Robert J. Desnick, Ph.D.,
  • Glyn Dawson, Ph.D.,
  • Susan J. Desnick, B.S.,
  • Charles C. Sweeley, Ph.D.,
  • and William Krivit, M.D., Ph.D.

Funding and Disclosures

* From the Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, the Department of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, the Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis (address reprint requests to Dr. Desnick at the Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455).

Supported in part by research grants (CA 08101, CA 08832, GM 01156, AM 12434, AM 14470, RR 400, RR 00305, HD 04583–01 and DE 00179–04) from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service Mental Retardation Research Center, a general-research support grant from the University of Minnesota Medical School and by a graduate grant from the University of Minnesota.

We are indebted to Dr. Kunihiko Suzuki for determining the hexosaminidase and galactosyl ceramide-β-galactosyl hydrolase activities and to Miss Linda Kern for assistance with the experimental work.

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