How to sign: a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
Similiar / Same: Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, infantile amaurotic idiocy
Categories: autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease, lipidosis, monogenic disease, monogenic disorder