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    Tay-Sachs disease
    <disease> A genetic disorder found in east European Jewish families which can result in early death bu affecting the brain and nerves by causing abnormal lipid metabolism. It is a lysosomal disease in which there is a deficiency of hexosaminidase A, an enzyme that degrades ganglioside GM2. ......
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    Tay-Sachs disease
    Tay-Sachs noun a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early c...
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    Tay-Sachs disease
    (ta´ saks´) the infantile form of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis, inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and affecting chiefly Ashkenazic Jews. It is a progressive disorder marked by degeneration of brain tissue and the maculas (with formation of a cherry-red spot on both retinas) and by dement...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    Tay-Sachs disease
    hereditary metabolic disorder that causes progressive mental and neurologic deterioration and results in death in early childhood. The disease is ... [3 related articles]
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    Tay-Sachs disease
    Tay-Sachs disease (tā'-săks') , rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable to produce an enzyme necessary for fat metabolism in nerve cells, producing central nervous system degeneration. The disease is named for a British ophthalmologist, Wa...
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    Tay-Sachs Disease
    Tay-Sachs disease is an inherited disorder, caused by a faulty recessive gene, in which lipids accumulate in the brain, leading to mental retardation and blindness. It occurs mostly in Ashkenazi Jews.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ET.HTM
    
    
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    Tay–Sachs disease
    Tay–Sachs disease (abbreviated TSD, also known as GM2 gangliosidosis or Hexosaminidase A deficiency) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. In its most common variant (known as infantile Tay–Sachs disease), it causes a relentless deterioration of mental and physical abilities that commence...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay–Sachs_disease
    
    
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    Tay–Sachs disease
    Inherited disorder, due to a defective gene, causing an enzyme deficiency that leads to blindness, retardation, and death in infancy. It is most common in people of Eastern European Jewish descent
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012998.html
    
    

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