Gangliosidosis: Any disease characterized, in part, by the abnormal accumulation within the nervous system of specific gangliosides, e.g., GM2 gangliosidosis, Tay-Sachs disease; caused by hexosaminidase A enzyme deficiency with accumulation of GM2 ganglioside. SYN: gangliosialidosis, ganglioside lipidosis.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Gangliosidosis: group of often fatal inherited diseases marked by the accumulation of gangliosides in lysosomes secondary to enzymatic deficiency states; gangliosidoses include Tay-Sachs disease, gangliosidosis GM1, gangliosidoses GM2, and Sandhoff disease; which share the infantile or childhood onset of central nervous system deterioration.
Source: CRISP
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Source - CRISP
Source: CRISP
Source: CRISP
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