What is Gaucher disease type 3?

What is Gaucher disease type 3?

• Gaucher disease type 3: A rare inherited biochemical disorder characterized by the deficiency of the enzyme called glucocerebrosidase and accumulation of glycosylceramide (glucocerebroside). There are three forms of this disease: type 1, 2 and 3. Type 3 is a subacute neurological form which often first appears in childhood.

Gaucher disease type 3 is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Gaucher disease type 3, or a subtype of Gaucher disease type 3, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Gaucher disease type 3: Introduction

How many people get Gaucher disease type 3?

Prevalance of Gaucher disease type 3: less than 1 per 100,000 births are affected by Gaucher disease type 3, Genetics Home Reference website
Prevalance Rate of Gaucher disease type 3: approx 1 in 100,000 or 0.00% or 2,720 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Gaucher disease type 3?

Complications of Gaucher disease type 3: see complications of Gaucher disease type 3

What causes Gaucher disease type 3?

Causes of Gaucher disease type 3: see causes of Gaucher disease type 3

What are the symptoms of Gaucher disease type 3?

Symptoms of Gaucher disease type 3: see symptoms of Gaucher disease type 3

Complications of Gaucher disease type 3: see complications of Gaucher disease type 3

Gaucher disease type 3: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Gaucher disease type 3.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Gaucher disease type 3.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Gaucher disease type 3: see treatments for Gaucher disease type 3
Research for Gaucher disease type 3: see research for Gaucher disease type 3

Name and Aliases of Gaucher disease type 3

Main name of condition: Gaucher disease type 3

GD 3, Gaucher disease, juvenile and adult, cerebral, Gaucher disease, chronic neuronopathic type, Gaucher disease, subacute neuronopathic type

Norrbottnian Gaucher disease Source - Diseases Database

GD 3, Gaucher disease, chronic neuronopathic type, Gaucher disease, juvenile and adult, cerebral, Gaucher disease, subacute neuronopathic type
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Gaucher disease type 3:

• Lysosomal storage disorder
• Glucocerebrosidase
• Hepatosplenomegaly
• Anemia
• Leucopenia
• Osteoporosis
• Cirrhosis
• Hypersplenism
• Convulsions
• Hypertonia
• Skin pigmentation

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