Causes: Sandhoff Disease:
Lipid storage disorder due to deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase
As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Sandhoff Disease may be found in:
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Phenomena
❑ Irregularly irregular pulse
❑ Asymmetric pulses
❑ Bounding pulse
❑ Bisferiens pulse
❑ Bigeminal pulse
❑ Pulsus alternans
❑ Pulsus paradoxus
❑ Thready pulse
❑ Pulsus parvus et tardus
❑ Narrow pulse pressure
Source: Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis, 2007
Phenomena
❑ Elevated jugular venous pressure
❑ Low jugular venous pressure
❑ Kussmaul sign
❑ Giant a waves
❑ Cannon a waves
❑ Prominent v wave
❑ Flutter waves
❑ Precipitous x descent
❑ Prominent y descent
❑ Slow y descent
Source: Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis, 2007
❑ Streptococcus pneumoniae
❑ Mycoplasma pneumoniae
❑ Haemophilus influenzae
❑ Chlamydia pneumoniae
❑ Influenza virus
❑ Staphylococcus aureus
❑ Mycobacterium tuberculosis
❑ Legionella pneumophila
❑ Klebsiella pneumoniae
❑ Pneumocystis carinii
❑ Chlamydia psittaci
❑ Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
❑ Hantavirus
Source: Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis, 2007
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