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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- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Gaucher Disease/Learn More ... Gaucher Disease ... National Human Genome Research Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Gaucher disease is an autosomal ...
- Gaucher Disease/Learn More ... Gaucher Disease ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Gaucher disease ...
- 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 ...
- Gaucher Disease in 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 ...
- Gaucher Disease/Clinical Trials
- ... condition. Cerebroside lipidosis syndrome Gaucher splenomegaly Gaucher syndrome Gaucher's disease Gauchers disease GD Glucocerebrosidase deficiency Glucocerebrosidosis Glucosyl cerebroside ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
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