Sphingolipidoses Flashcards
DISEASE
Mental retardation, blindness, muscular weakness
Tay-Sachs disease
DISEASE
Skin rash, kidney failure (full symptoms only in males; X-linked recessive
Fabry disease
DISEASE
Mental retardation and psychologic disturbances in adults; demyelination
Metachromatic
leukodystrophy
DISEASE
Mental retardation; myelin almost absent
Krabbe disease
DISEASE
Enlarged liver and spleen, erosion of long bones, mental retardation in infants
Gaucher disease
DISEASE
Enlarged liver and spleen, mental retardation; fatal in early life
Niemann-Pick disease types A, B
DISEASE
Hoarseness, dermatitis, skeletal deformation, mental retardation; fatal in early life
Farber disease
ENZYME DEFICIENCY
Tay-Sachs disease
Hexosaminidase A, S
ENZYME DEFICIENCY
Fabry disease
α-Galactosidase
ENZYME DEFICIENCY
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Arylsulfatase A
ENZYME DEFICIENCY
Krabbe disease
β-Galactosidase
ENZYME DEFICIENCY
Gaucher disease
β-Glucosidase
ENZYME DEFICIENCY
Niemann-Pick disease types A, B
Sphingomyelinase
ENZYME DEFICIENCY
Farber disease
Ceramidase