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What treatment is available for Krabbe's disease?
No treatment is available for Krabbe's disease.
Offspring of krabbe disease?
i don't know how many children krabbe disease has
What is the prognosis for Krabbe's disease?
Children born with Krabbe's disease die in infancy.
What is Krabbe's disease caused by?
Krabbe's disease is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme galactoside beta-galactosidase.
What chromosome does Gaucher disease affect?
2-21
How many chromosomes affect tay-sach disease?
Tay-Sachs disease is caused by a genetic mutation in the HEXA gene on (human) chromosome 15 and no other chromosome is involved.
What chromosome does tay-sachs disease affect?
Tay-Sachs disease is caused by mutations in the HEXA gene located on chromosome 15. These mutations result in the absence or deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase A, leading to the accumulation of harmful substances in the brain and nervous system.
Does Jim kelly have a disabled child?
Kelly's son, Hunter, had Krabbe Disease and passed away at the age of 8 in 2005. Krabbe Disease is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system that destroys cells in the brain. There is no cure and, if present at birth, usually causes death by the age of 2.
What chromosome is Parkinson's disease on?
Chromosome 4
What is the prognosis for people with Krabbe disease?
Prognosis for infantile and juvenile Krabbe disease is very poor. Individuals with infantile type usually die at an average age of 13 months. Death usually occurs within a year after the child shows symptoms
Is gaucher disease-sex linked?
Gaucher's disease is located on chromosome 1, which is not the sex chromosome, so no. It is not a sex linked disease.
What ethnic group is affected by krabbe disease?
Krabbe disease affects most ethnic groups equally (1 in every 100,000-200,000 births). However, there is an inbred community in Israel with a very high prevalence of the disease (6 in every 1,000 births) and some Scandinavian countries report an incidence of (1, in every 50,000 births).
