Serum cholinesterase activity in infantile and juvenile spinal muscular atrophy

• Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica Vol. 80; no. 3; p. 208
• Main Authors: Niebroj-Dobosz, I, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark 01.09.1989
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Cholinesterases - blood; Humans; Muscular Atrophy, Spinal - enzymology; Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood - enzymology

Serum acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and pseudocholinesterase (ChE) activity in infantile and juvenile spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) was determined. The total AChE activity was either normal or decreased in the childhood SMA (Type 1), the other SMA groups and disease controls (ALS, X-linked SMA). In th...