Tay-Sachs disease:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, Calif. Academic 2001
Series:Advances in genetics v. 44
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Made available through: Science Direct
Includes bibliographical references and index
Tay-Sachs disease is a rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable to produce an enzyme necessary for fat metabolism in nerve cells, producing central nervous system degeneration. In infants, it is characterized by progressive mental deterioration, blindness, paralysis, epileptic seizures, and death by age four. Adult-onset Tay-Sachs occurs in persons who have a genetic mutation that is similar but allows some production of the missing enzyme. There is no treatment for Tay-Sachs
Physical Description:xx, 363 pages
ISBN:9780080490304
0080490301
0120176440
9780120176441
1281004766
9781281004765

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