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Canavan disease, or Canavan–Van Bogaert–Bertrand disease, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive [1] degenerative disease that causes progressive damage to nerve cells and loss of white matter in the brain. [2] It is one of the most common degenerative cerebral diseases of infancy. [3]
Canavan's disease, Van Bogaert-Bertrand type, Aspartoacylase deficiency: Magnetic resonance imaging scans showing dysmyelination, a possible indicator of Canavan's disease: Specialty: Neurology: Symptoms: Hypotonia, macrocephaly, loss of vision, motor reflex defects, difficulties in breathing and swallowing: Usual onset: 3-6 months of age ...
The plaintiffs in this case were a group of parents of children who had Canavan disease and three non-profit organizations who developed a confidential Canavan disease registry and database. [1] The parents provided their children's tissue for research on the disease and the non-profit groups aided in the identification of other affected ...
Katherine Canavan, United States diplomat and career foreign service officer; Matt Canavan, Australian Federal MP; Michael Noel Canavan, Irish police officer, recipient of the Scott Medal; Myrtelle Canavan, American pathologist who described Canavan disease in 1931; Niall Canavan, Irish footballer; Pascal Canavan, Tyrone Gaelic footballer
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also known as prion diseases, [1] are a group of progressive, incurable, and fatal conditions that are associated with the prion hypothesis and affect the brain and nervous system of many animals, including humans, cattle, and sheep.
Enzyme replacement therapy is available to treat mainly Fabry disease and Gaucher disease, and people with these types of sphingolipidoses may live well into adulthood. The other types are generally fatal by age 1 to 5 years for infantile forms, but progression may be mild for juvenile- or adult-onset forms.
Myrtelle May Moore Canavan [1] (June 24, 1879 – August 4, 1953) was an American physician and medical researcher. She was one of the first female pathologists and is best known for publishing a description of Canavan disease in 1931.