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Wolman disease

Wolman disease: Introduction

Wolman disease: A rare inherited lipid storage disease. The condition usually results in death early in life. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Wolman disease is available below.

Symptoms of Wolman disease

• Xanthomas of the skin
• Xanthomas of the retina
• Anorexia
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 26 symptoms of Wolman disease

Treatments for Wolman disease

• There is no specific treatment other than symptomatic measures:
• Adrenal hormones if adrenal glands fail
• IV nutrition
• Bone marrow transplant caused remission in one patient
• Blood transfusions if anemia develops
• more treatments...»

See full list of 7 treatments for Wolman disease

Wrongly Diagnosed with Wolman disease?

• Failure to diagnose Wolman disease
• Undiagnosed: Wolman disease

Wolman disease: Deaths

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Wolman disease: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Wolman disease:

• Infant death
• more complications...»

Causes of Wolman disease

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Disease Topics Related To Wolman disease

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Wolman disease:

• Autoosmal recessive disorser
• Lipid storage disorder
• Chromosome 10
• Hepatosplenomegaly
• Jaundice
• Anemia
• Vomiting
• more related diseases...»

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Wolman disease

Medical research articles related to Wolman disease include:

• Familial Glucocorticoid Deficiency (Diagnosis)
• Lipid Storage Disorders (Treatment)
• Lipid Storage Disorders (Follow-up)
• Familial Glucocorticoid Deficiency (Overview)
• Adrenal Insufficiency and Addison's Disease
• Malabsorption Syndromes (Diagnosis)
• Lysosomal Storage Disease (Overview)
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Wolman disease

Prognosis for Wolman disease: There is no treatment and death usually occurs during the first year of life.

More about prognosis of Wolman disease

Research about Wolman disease

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Clinical Trials for Wolman disease

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Wolman disease include:

• Study of Pulmonary Complications in Pediatric Patients With Storage Disorders Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Stem Cell Transplant for Inborn Errors of Metabolism - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Busulfan,Cyclophosphamide,ATG
• Phase II Study of Allogeneic Bone Marrow or Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Patients With Lysosomal or Peroxisomal Inborn Errors of Metabolism - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - anti-thymocyte globulin,cyclophosphamide,cyclosporine,filgrastim,methylprednisolone
• more trials...»

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Statistics for Wolman disease

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• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Wolman disease
• Death and Mortality statistics for Wolman disease
• Society statistics for Wolman disease

Wolman disease: Broader Related Topics

• Genetic conditions
• Metabolic conditions
• Lipid metabolism conditions
• Congenital conditions - metabolic disorders
• Congenital conditions
• more types...»

Types of Wolman disease

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Definitions of Wolman disease:

Severe infantile form of inherited lysosomal lipid storage disease due to deficiency of acid lipase; results in accumulation of neutral lipids, particularly cholesterol esters, within cells. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Wolman disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Wolman disease, or a subtype of Wolman disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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