Tay-Sachs Disease

Of monogenic disorder, autosomal recessive disease and lipidosis.   May also be referred to as Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs and infantile amaurotic idiocy.

A hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood.

This concept's ID is @1~71350