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[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 by genetic abnormalities in the genes coding for the beta-hexosaminidase alpha- or beta-subunit, or the GM2-activator...
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