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Naga deficiency (Schindler disease, Kanzaki disease)

3 types: 1) type 1, Schindler disease (most severe form) 2) type 2, Kanzaki disease (mild form) 3) type 3, Schindler disease type 3 (intermediate form) Genetics: - autosomal recessive - associated with defects in NAGA Clinical manifestations: - early (type 1) to late (type 2) onset - neuroaxonal dystrophy & neurological signs - convulsion during fever - epilepsy - psychomotor retardation - hypotonia - angiokeratoma corporis diffusum Laboratory: - increased urinary excretion of glycopeptides & oligosaccharides containing alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyl moieties - alpha-galactosidase B in fibroblasts - alpha-galactosidase B in leukocytes - alpha-galactosidase B in dried blood spot - alpha-galactosidase B in serum/plasma

Related

alpha-galactosidase B or alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase

General

carbohydrate inborn error of metabolism

References

UniProt :accession P17050