pseudodeficiency

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ deficiency

Noun

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.