[Tay-Sachs disease].

Article

[Tay-Sachs disease].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Sept 1993

Tanaka A

Abstract excerpt

GM2-gangliosidosis is a group of neurological disorders resulting from genetically defective catabolism, and consequent abnormal accumulation, of GM2-ganglioside. Three major types are distinguished: the B variant (Tay-Sachs disease), the O variant (Sandhoff disease), and the AB variant, caused b...

Topics

Age of Onset
Gene Frequency
Humans
Infant
Mutation
RNA, Messenger
Tay-Sachs Disease
beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases

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