Mondo Description Gaucher disease (GD) is a lysosomal storage disorder encompassing three main forms (types 1, 2 and 3), a fetal form and a variant with cardiac involvement (Gaucher disease - ophthalmoplegia - cardiovascular calcification or Gaucher-like disease).
Uniprot Description A lysosomal storage disease due to deficient activity of beta-glucocerebrosidase and characterized by accumulation of glucosylceramide in the reticulo-endothelial system. Different clinical forms are recognized depending on the presence (neuronopathic forms) or absence of central nervous system involvement, severity and age of onset.
Disease Ontology Description A sphingolipidosis characterized by deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase which results in the accumulation of harmful quantities of the glycolipid glucocerebroside throughout the body, especially within the bone marrow, spleen and liver.
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This disease has been annotated by GARD as a rare disease.
Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
Description from UniProt.
Description from Disease Ontology
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DOID:1926
GARD:0008233
ICD10:E75.22
MESH:D005776
NCIT:C61268
Orphanet:355
SCTID:190794006
UMLS:C0017205
MONDO:0018150
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