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Definition of Sachs disease
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Monogenic Disease, Monogenic Disorder, Autosomal Recessive Defect, Autosomal Recessive Disease, Lipidosis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sachs Disease
Literary usage of Sachs disease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"Screening for carriers of Tay-sachs disease has virtually eliminated this once
common and devastating disorder among Jews. Research into the biochemical ..."
2. Genetic Tests and Health Insurance: Results of a Survey (1993)
"Tay-sachs disease: A lethal, recessive disorder affecting the central nervous
... Tay-sachs disease predominantly occurs among Jews of Eastern and Central ..."
3. Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion & Disease by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"These include Tay-sachs disease, sickle cell anemia, and cystic fibrosis.
Tay-sachs disease is 100 times more frequent among Jewish families of Ashkenazi ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"... Family Idiocy (Sachs' Disease).—A remarkable form of infantile paralysis has
been described by Sachs, Peterson, and Hirsch. ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"... excluded the possibility of hereditary syphilis being the cause of Tay-Sachs
disease. Dr. Price in reporting his case before the society did not wish to ..."
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