metachromatic leukodystrophy

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metachromatic leukodystrophy [¦med·ə·krō′mad·ik ‚lü·kə′dis·trə·fē]

(medicine)

A hereditary degenerative disease transmitted as an autosomal recessive, due to sulfatase A deficiency, with excess accumulation of sulfated lipids responsible for metachromasia in various tissues. Abbreviated MLD. Also known as sulfatide lipidosis.

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