Acatalasemia

Introduction: Acatalasemia

Description of Acatalasemia

Acatalasemia (medical condition): A rare inherited disorder involving a lack of erythrocyte catalase activity which affects lipid metabolism. The defect can manifest as one of two variants: Japanese variant (Takahara disease) or the Swiss variant which is asymptomatic.

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Acatalasemia: A rare genetic deficiency where little or no catalase is produced.

Acatalasemia: [MIM*115500] SYN: acatalasia.
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Acatalasemia: A rare autosomal recessive disorder resulting from the absence of CATALASE activity. Though usually asymptomatic, a syndrome of oral ulcerations and gangrene may be present.
Source: Diseases Database

Acatalasemia: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Acatalasemia as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Acatalasemia as a Disease

Acatalasemia (medical condition): See Acatalasemia (disease information).
  »Introduction: Acatalasemia
  »Symptoms of Acatalasemia
  »Treatments for Acatalasemia

More information on medical condition: Acatalasemia:

• Information about Acatalasemia
• Basic Summary for Acatalasemia
• Symptoms of Acatalasemia
• Complications of Acatalasemia
• Treatments for Acatalasemia

Terms associated with Acatalasemia:

Terms Similar to Acatalasemia:

• Catalase deficiency
• Takahara's disease
• Acatalasia
• Acatalasaemia

Source: Diseases Database

• Acatalasemia Japanese type
• Acatalasemia Swiss type
• Acatalasia
• Catalase deficiency

Source - NIH

External links related to: Acatalasemia

• OMIM - CATALASE; CAT

Source: Diseases Database

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