Sulfatidosis

Sulfatidosis
Classification and external resources
MeSH	D052516

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

Causes

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

↑ "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 0-7216-0187-1.

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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