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pseudodeficiency

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Etymology

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From pseudo- +‎ deficiency.

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Noun

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pseudodeficiency (countable and uncountable, plural pseudodeficiencies)

  1. An apparent deficiency
    • 2015 August 7, Alexander A. Boucher et al., “Long-term outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for metachromatic leukodystrophy: the largest single-institution cohort report”, in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      Exclusion of other rare demyelinating disorders (with coincidental ARSA pseudodeficiency carriage) is typically achieved by the demonstration of hyper-excretion of accumulating substrate (urine sulfatide assessment), pathognomonic histopathology on nervous tissue biopsy, or/and presence of causative ARSA mutations on molecular analysis.