tay-sachs
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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 (synset 114192846)is a type of:- monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
- autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease - a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome
- lipidosis - a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body
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