Krabbe's disease
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Krabbe's disease (also Krabbe's globoid leukodystrophy) belongs to the leukodystrophies . It belongs to hereditary diseases caused by congenital defect of lysosomal enzymes. The result is an unbounded, non-cancerous accumulation of mature adipose tissue in places where it does not occur under normal conditions. It is a galactocerebroside β-galactosidase deficiency. Affects CNS cells.
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- Leukodystrophy
- Lipidoses
- Hereditary metabolic disorders
- Inherited metabolic disorders of small molecules
- Hereditary metabolic disorders of complex molecules
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