B variant GM2 gangliosidosis

Introduction: B variant GM2 gangliosidosis

Description of B variant GM2 gangliosidosis

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis (medical condition): A condition which is causes GM2 gangliosidosis.

See also:

Tay Sachs Disease:
  »Introduction: Tay Sachs Disease
  »Symptoms of Tay Sachs Disease

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for B variant GM2 gangliosidosis:

• Variant
• Gangliosidosis

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis: Rare Disease

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

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that B variant GM2 gangliosidosis, or a subtype of B variant GM2 gangliosidosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis as a Disease

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis: Another name for Tay Sachs Disease (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Tay Sachs Disease
  »Symptoms of Tay Sachs Disease

Symptoms of B variant GM2 gangliosidosis (Tay Sachs Disease)

Some of the symptoms of B variant GM2 gangliosidosis incude:

• Exaggerated Moro reflex in infants
• Reduced muscle tone
• Feeding difficulty
• Apathy
• Motor weakness

See full list of 19 symptoms of B variant GM2 gangliosidosis (Tay Sachs Disease)

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis: Article Excerpts about Tay Sachs Disease

Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology (Excerpt)

Tay-Sachs disease, a heritable metabolic disorder commonly associated with Ashkenazi Jews, has also been found in the French Canadians of Southeastern Quebec, the Cajuns of Southwest Louisiana, and other populations throughout the world. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

NINDS Tay-Sachs Disease Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)

Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called ganglioside GM2 accumulate in the nerve cells in the brain. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tay-Sachs Disease Information Page: NINDS)

B variant GM2 gangliosidosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to B variant GM2 gangliosidosis:

• mild motor weakness
• occasional twitches of the eye (myoclonic jerks)
• GM2 gangliosidosis
• cherry-red spot

Terms associated with B variant GM2 gangliosidosis:

Terms Similar to B variant GM2 gangliosidosis:

• Gangliosidosis GM2
• HEXA deficiency
• Hexosaminidase A deficiency
• TSD
• Tay Sach's Disease
• Gangliosidosis (GM2) Type1

Source - NIH

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