Tay-Sachs Disease / edited by Robert J. Desnick, Michael M. Kaback.

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable to produce an enzyme necessary for fat metabolism in nerve cells, producing central nervous system degeneration. In infants, it is characterized by progressive mental deterioration, blindness, par...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors:	Desnick, Robert J. (Editor), Kaback, Michael M. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego, CA ; London : Academic, 2001.
Series:	Advances in genetics ; v. 44.
Subjects:	Tay-Sachs disease.