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Gaucher's Disease |
Gaucher//'s Disease |
Gaucher's disease (pronounced goʃeɪ) is the most common of the lipid storage diseases. It is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading to an accumulation of its substrate, the fatty substance glucocerebroside. Fatty material can collect in the spleen, liver, kidneys, lungs, brain and bone marrow. Symptoms may include enlarged spleen and liver, liver malfunction, skeletal disorders and bone lesions that may cause pain, severe neurologic complications, swelling of lym ...
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Gaucher's Disease Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine
- National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
- Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project
- Children's Health Care System, Seattle
- Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- Office of the Director http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
- National Library Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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