Krabbe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficient activity of galactosylceramidase.
Category
Inherited metabolic disorder, Lysosomal disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Multiple sclerosis or other white matter disorders
8A44 Leukodystrophies
H00135 Krabbe disease
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Lipid/glycolipid metabolism
nt06014 Sphingolipid degradation
H00135 Krabbe disease
Spiegel R, Bach G, Sury V, Mengistu G, Meidan B, Shalev S, Shneor Y, Mandel H, Zeigler M
Title
A mutation in the saposin A coding region of the prosaposin gene in an infant presenting as Krabbe disease: first report of saposin A deficiency in humans.