Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs disease is a severe genetic disease of the nervous system that is nearly always fatal, usually by three to four years of age. It is caused by mutations in the HEXA gene, wh...
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Tay-Sachs Disease
Definition
Tay-Sachs disease (pronounced tay-SACKS) is a genetic disorder that can lead to paralysis, blindness, convulsions, mental retardation (see mental retardation entry) and de...
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Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs disease is a genetic disorder that causes progressive neurological degeneration. Although the disease primarily affects infants, juvenile and adult forms of Tay-Sachs disea...
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Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs disease is an inherited birth defect which first becomes noticeable at about four to six months of age when an otherwise healthy baby gradually ceases to smile, crawl, turn...
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Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs disease is an inherited birth defect which first becomes noticeable at about four to six months of age when an otherwise healthy baby gradually ceases to smile, crawl, turn...
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Tay-Sachs Disease
A genetically transmitted disease of the central nervous system.
Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal childhood degenerative disease of the central nervous system that is genetically transmi...
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