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Results 1 - 10 of 33 for Ashkenazi Jewish disorders
  1. GBE1 gene 
    ... Z, Shpitzen S, Meiner V. Adult polyglucosan body disease in Ashkenazi Jewish patients carrying the Tyr329Ser mutation in the glycogen-branching enzyme gene. Ann Neurol. 1998 Dec;44(6):867-72. doi: 10.1002/ana.410440604. ... body disease: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/gbe1 - Genetics
  2. Adult polyglucosan body disease 
    ... Z, Shpitzen S, Meiner V. Adult polyglucosan body disease in Ashkenazi Jewish patients carrying the Tyr329Ser mutation in the glycogen-branching enzyme gene. Ann Neurol. 1998 Dec;44(6):867-72. doi: 10.1002/ana.410440604. ... body disease: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../adult-polyglucosan-body-disease - Genetics
  3. Canavan disease 
    ... backgrounds, it is most common in people of Ashkenazi (eastern and central European) Jewish heritage. Studies suggest that this disorder affects 1 in 6,400 to 13,500 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/canavan-disease - Genetics
  4. ASPA gene 
    ... gene mutations cause almost all cases of the disease in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. One of these mutations replaces the amino ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/aspa - Genetics
  5. Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase deficiency 
    ... in 35,000 to 48,000 individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. This population typically has liver disease as the primary symptom. In other populations, the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...dihydrolipoamide-dehydrogenase-deficiency - Genetics
  6. SMPD1 gene 
    ... of enzyme function tend to cause Niemann-Pick disease type A. In the Ashkenazi (eastern and central European) Jewish population, three mutations are responsible for about 90 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/smpd1 - Genetics
  7. Why are some genetic conditions more common in particular ethnic groups?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... is more likely to occur among people of Ashkenazi (eastern and central European) Jewish or French Canadian ancestry. It is important to note, however, that these disorders can occur in any ethnic group. Learn how ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/inheritance/ethnicgroup - Genetics
  8. Crohn's disease 
    ... ancestry and those of eastern and central European (Ashkenazi) Jewish descent than among people of other ethnic backgrounds. For reasons that are not clear, the prevalence of Crohn's disease has been increasing in the United States and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/crohns-disease - Genetics
  9. Factor XI deficiency 
    ... in 1 million people worldwide. The severe deficiency disorder is much more common in people with central and eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish ancestry, occurring in about 1 in 450 individuals ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/factor-xi-deficiency - Genetics
  10. Tay-Sachs disease 
    ... variants (also known as mutations) that cause this disease are more frequently found in people of Ashkenazi (eastern and central European) Jewish heritage than in those with other backgrounds. However, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/tay-sachs-disease - Genetics
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