Detection of a rare Wilson disease mutation associated with arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency

Am J Med Genet. 1999 Jul 16;85(2):175-8. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990716)85:2<175::aid-ajmg13>3.0.co;2-5.

Abstract

We have studied a patient with Wilson disease (WD), belonging to a family segregating late-onset, dominant cerebellar ataxia. Analysis of the WD gene showed that the patient is a compound heterozygote, carrying the 14His1069Gln mutation from the father and the 8Gly710Ser mutation from the mother. The 8Gly710Ser is a mutation described previously only in a Swedish patient. Our patient is also homozygous for arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency. This genetic defect, which has been reported in association with other neuropsychiatric syndromes, has not been described in WD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellar Ataxia / genetics
  • Cerebroside-Sulfatase / blood
  • Cerebroside-Sulfatase / deficiency*
  • Copper / blood
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / blood
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation*
  • Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Copper
  • Cerebroside-Sulfatase