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Gaucher Disease

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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  1. Gaucher Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    Gaucher disease is a rare, inherited disorder. It is a type of lipid metabolism disorder. If you have ... affected. It usually starts in childhood or adolescence. Gaucher disease has no cure. Treatment options for types 1 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/gaucherdisease.html - Health Topics
  2. Gaucher disease 
    Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disorder in which a person lacks an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase (GBA). ... Gaucher disease is rare in the general population. People of Eastern and Central European (Ashkenazi) Jewish heritage are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000564.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Learning about Gaucher Disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Human Genome Research Institute)  
    Gaucher Disease/Learn More ... Gaucher Disease ... National Human Genome Research Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Gaucher disease is an autosomal ...
    https://www.genome.gov/Genetic-Disorders/Gaucher-Disease - External Health Links
  4. Lipid Metabolism Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... with this process. Lipid metabolism disorders, such as Gaucher disease and Tay-Sachs disease, involve lipids. Lipids are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lipidmetabolismdisorders.html - Health Topics
  5. Gaucher Disease and Pregnancy (Organization of Teratology Information Specialists)  
    Gaucher Disease/Learn More ... Gaucher Disease ... Health Problems in Pregnancy/Related Issues ... Health Problems in Pregnancy ... Organization of Teratology Information ...
    https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/gaucher-disease-pregnancy - External Health Links
  6. ClinicalTrials.gov: Gaucher Disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Gaucher Disease/Clinical Trials ... Gaucher Disease
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...her+Disease"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  7. Miglustat 
    Miglustat is used to treat Gaucher disease type 1 (a condition in which a certain fatty substance is not broken down normally in the body and instead builds ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a604015.html - Drugs and Supplements
  8. Eliglustat 
    Eliglustat is used to treat Gaucher disease type 1 (a condition in which a certain fatty substance is not broken down normally in the body and builds up ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a618038.html - Drugs and Supplements
  9. Lipid Storage Diseases From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Leukodystrophies/Specifics ... Leukodystrophies ... Genetic Brain Disorders/Specifics ... Genetic Brain Disorders ... Tay-Sachs Disease/Related Issues ... Tay-Sachs Disease ... Lipid ...
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/.../disorders/lipid-storage-diseases - External Health Links
  10. Gaucher disease 
    ... condition. Cerebroside lipidosis syndrome Gaucher splenomegaly Gaucher syndrome Gaucher's disease Gauchers disease GD Glucocerebrosidase deficiency Glucocerebrosidosis Glucosyl cerebroside ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/gaucher-disease - Genetics
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