metachromatic leukodystrophy

human disease
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q1120682
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metachromatic leukodystrophy

Summary

metachromatic leukodystrophy is a rare disease[1]. It draws 457 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #171 of 627).[2]

Key Facts

  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of sphingolipidosis[5].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of rare hereditary metabolic disease with peripheral neuropathy[6].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of rare genetic epilepsy[7].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of unclassified primitive or secondary maculopathy[8].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of metabolic disease with dementia[9].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of hereditary retinal dystrophy[10].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of rare dyslipidemia[11].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of neurometabolic disease[12].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of sphingolipidosis with epilepsy[13].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of sulfatidosis[14].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy is a type of disease[15].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's Commons category is recorded as Metachromatic leukodystrophy[16].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's symptoms and signs is recorded as dementia[17].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's prevalence is recorded as {'amount': '+0.000025'}[18].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C61251[19].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's health specialty is recorded as endocrinology[20].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's health specialty is recorded as neurology[21].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's genetic association is recorded as PSAP[22].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's genetic association is recorded as ARSA[23].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10581[24].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10581[25].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_512[26].
  • metachromatic leukodystrophy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[27].

Why It Matters

metachromatic leukodystrophy draws 457 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #171 of 627).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Klinická neurologie část speciální. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q180686. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Klinická neurologie část speciální. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Analysis of a splice-site mutation in the sap-precursor gene of a patient with metachromatic leukodystrophy. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . An 11-bp deletion in the arylsulfatase A gene of a patient with late infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Identifiers.org. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of sphingolipidosis, rare hereditary metabolic disease with peripheral neuropathy, rare genetic epilepsy +8
    Health specialty endocrinology, neurology
    Subclass of
    Genetic association PSAP, ARSA
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