Sandhoff Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Sandhoff Disease, or a subtype of Sandhoff Disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Sandhoff Disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Sandhoff Disease: Introduction
Broader types of Sandhoff Disease:
Prevalance of Sandhoff Disease: rare
Patient Profile for Sandhoff Disease: Infants. Onset usually at 6 months.
Race Profile for Sandhoff Disease: Not more common in Jewish families like Tay-Sachs disease.
Prognosis of Sandhoff Disease: Poor. Commonly death by age 3.
Complications of Sandhoff Disease:
see complications of Sandhoff Disease
Prognosis of Sandhoff Disease:
The
prognosis for individuals with Sandhoff disease is poor. Death usually
occurs by age 3 and is generally caused by respiratory infections.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Sandhoff Disease Information Page: NINDS)
Causes of Sandhoff Disease: see causes of Sandhoff Disease
Cause of Sandhoff Disease: Lipid storage disorder due to deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase
Symptoms of Sandhoff Disease: see symptoms of Sandhoff Disease
Complications of Sandhoff Disease: see complications of Sandhoff Disease
Contagion of genetic conditions:
generally not; see details in contagion of genetic diseases.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Sandhoff Disease
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Sandhoff Disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Sandhoff Disease.
Treatments for Sandhoff Disease:
see treatments for Sandhoff Disease
Research for Sandhoff Disease:
see research for Sandhoff Disease
Main name of condition: Sandhoff Disease
Class of Condition for Sandhoff Disease: genetic
GM2 gangliosidosis, 0 variant, Hexosaminidases A and B deficiency, Beta-hexosaminidase-beta-subunit deficiency, GM2 gangliosidosis, type 2, Hexosaminidase A and B deficiency Disease, Sandhoff-Jatzkewitz-Pilz disease, Total hexosaminidase deficiency
GM2 gangliosidosis type A0BO, Lysosomal hexosaminidases A and B deficiency, Sandhoff-Jatzkewitz-Pilz disease
Source - Diseases Database
Beta-hexosaminidase-beta-subunit deficiency, GM2 Gangliosidosis, Type II, GM2 gangliosidosis, type 2, Hexosaminidase A and B deficiency Disease, Sandhoff-Jatzkewitz-Pilz disease, Total hexosaminidase deficiency
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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