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sphingolipidosis

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sphingolipidosis [¦sfiŋ·gō‚lip·ə′dō·səs]
(medicine)
Any of a group of hereditary metabolic disorders characterized by excessive accumulations of certain glycolipids and phospholipids in various tissues of the body.


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TAY-SAGHS DISEASE is the infantile form of cerebral sphingolipidosis, a progressive disorder marked by degeneration of brain parenchymal cells and the maculas.
 
 
 
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