Sulfatidosis

Sulfatidosis is a form of lysosomal storage disease resulting in a proliferation of sulfatide.

Sulfatidosis
Specialty	Endocrinology

Causes

It is caused by a genetic insufficiency of sulfatase enzymes.[1]

Diagnosis

Types

Metachromatic leukodystrophy and multiple sulfatase deficiency are classified as sulfatidoses.[2][3]

See also

Sphingolipidoses#Overview for an overview table, including sulfatidosis

References

"Definition: sulfatidosis from Online Medical Dictionary".
Sulfatidosis at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-7216-0187-8.

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Classification	D MeSH: D052516

Lysosomal storage diseases: Inborn errors of lipid metabolism (Lipid storage disorders)

Sphingolipidoses
(to ceramide)

From ganglioside (gangliosidoses)	Ganglioside: GM1 gangliosidoses GM2 gangliosidoses (Sandhoff disease Tay–Sachs disease AB variant)
From globoside	Globotriaosylceramide: Fabry's disease
From sphingomyelin	Sphingomyelin: phospholipid: Niemann–Pick disease (SMPD1-associated type C) Glucocerebroside: Gaucher's disease
From sulfatide (sulfatidoses leukodystrophy)	Sulfatide: Metachromatic leukodystrophy Multiple sulfatase deficiency Galactocerebroside: Krabbe disease
To sphingosine	Ceramide: Farber disease

Other

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