Canavan disease
id:
canavan-disease-256-17689316
title:
Canavan disease
text:
Canavan disease, or Canavan–Van Bogaert–Bertrand disease, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive degenerative disease that causes progressive damage to nerve cells and loss of white matter in the brain. It is one of the most common degenerative cerebral diseases of infancy. It is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme aminoacylase 2, and is one of a group of genetic diseases referred to as leukodystrophies. It is characterized by degeneration of myelin in the phospholipid layer insulating the axo
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Neurodegenerative disorder
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canavan_disease
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-07T20:13:51Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q2349546","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2349546"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14