What is Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease?

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Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease: A disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. The foetal form is one of several forms of Gaucher disease and is the rarest. The fetal form causes death before birth or soon after.

Types of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease:

Broader types of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease:

Prognosis of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease: death occurs before or soon after birth

Causes of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease: see causes of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease

Symptoms of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease: see symptoms of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease

More information: see contagiousness of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease
Inheritance: see inheritance of Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease.

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease: Neonatologist, Obstetrician ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease.
Treatments for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease: see treatments for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease
Research for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease: see research for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease

Main name of condition: Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease

Other names or spellings for Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease:

Gaucher disease, foetal form, Gaucher disease, Collodion type

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