See Also: Gaucher's disease(health)
Gaucher's disease(dictionary)
Gaucher disease(health)
gaucher disease(medicine)
gaucher's disease(medicine)
Gaucher disease, type 1(health)
disease, gaucher's type 1(medicine)
Gaucher disease, types 2-5(health)
gaucher's disease, type 1(medicine)
Gaucher disorder(medicine)

Gaucher disease (health)


A series of 5 diseases due to deficient activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading to accumulation of glucocerebroside in tissues of the body. The 5 types of Gaucher disease encompass a continuum of clinical findings from a lethal form before or just after birth to a form so mild that it may not be diagnosed until old age. All 5 types of Gaucher disease are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.