Gaucher disease is a rare, inherited disorder. It is a type of lipid metabolism disorder. If you have it, you do not have enough of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. This causes too much of a fatty substance to build up in your spleen, liver, lungs, bones and, sometimes, your brain. This prevents these organs from working properly.
There are three types:
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- Learning about Gaucher Disease (National Human Genome Research Institute)Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of metabolism where a type of fat (lipid) called ...
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- Gaucher disease is called a "lipid storage disease" where abnormal amounts of lipids called "glycosphingolipids" are stored ...
- Gaucher disease is called a "lipid storage disease" where abnormal amounts of lipids called "glycosphingolipids" are stored ...
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