"Canavan Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rare neurodegenerative condition of infancy or childhood characterized by white matter vacuolization and demeylination that gives rise to a spongy appearance. Aspartoacylase deficiency leads to an accumulation of N-acetylaspartate in astrocytes. Inheritance may be autosomal recessive or the illness may occur sporadically. This illness occurs more frequently in individuals of Ashkenazic Jewish descent. The neonatal form features the onset of hypotonia and lethargy at birth, rapidly progressing to coma and death. The infantile form features developmental delay, DYSKINESIAS, hypotonia, spasticity, blindness, and megalencephaly. The juvenile form is characterized by ATAXIA; OPTIC ATROPHY; and DEMENTIA. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p944; Am J Med Genet 1988 Feb;29(2):463-71)
Descriptor ID |
D017825
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.163.100.362.375 C10.228.140.695.625.375 C10.228.518.625.375 C10.314.400.375 C10.574.500.300 C16.320.400.150 C16.320.565.189.362.375 C18.452.132.100.362.375 C18.452.648.189.362.375
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Concept/Terms |
Canavan Disease- Canavan Disease
- Disease, Canavan
- Aspartoacylase Deficiency
- Aspartoacylase Deficiencies
- Deficiencies, Aspartoacylase
- Deficiency, Aspartoacylase
- Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand Disease
- Bogaert-Bertrand Disease, Canavan-van
- Canavan van Bogaert Bertrand Disease
- Disease, Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand
- Deficiency Disease, Aspartoacylase
- Aspartoacylase Deficiency Disease
- Aspartoacylase Deficiency Diseases
- Deficiency Diseases, Aspartoacylase
- Disease, Aspartoacylase Deficiency
- Diseases, Aspartoacylase Deficiency
- Leukodystrophy, Spongiform
- Leukodystrophies, Spongiform
- Spongiform Leukodystrophies
- Spongiform Leukodystrophy
- Spongy Degeneration of Infancy
- Infancy Spongy Degeneration
- Infancy Spongy Degenerations
- Spongy Degeneration of the Central Nervous System
- Spongy Disease of Central Nervous System
- Spongy Disease of White Matter
- Von Bogaert-Bertrand Disease
- Bogaert-Bertrand Disease, Von
- Disease, Von Bogaert-Bertrand
- Von Bogaert Bertrand Disease
- Aminoacylase 2 Deficiency
- Aminoacylase 2 Deficiencies
- Deficiencies, Aminoacylase 2
- Deficiency, Aminoacylase 2
- Spongy Degeneration Of Central Nervous System
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Canavan Disease".
- Diseases [C]
- Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
- Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C10.228.140.163]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C10.228.140.163.100]
- Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases [C10.228.140.163.100.362]
- Canavan Disease [C10.228.140.163.100.362.375]
- Leukoencephalopathies [C10.228.140.695]
- Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases [C10.228.140.695.625]
- Canavan Disease [C10.228.140.695.625.375]
- Leukoencephalopathies [C10.228.518]
- Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases [C10.228.518.625]
- Canavan Disease [C10.228.518.625.375]
- Demyelinating Diseases [C10.314]
- Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases [C10.314.400]
- Canavan Disease [C10.314.400.375]
- Neurodegenerative Diseases [C10.574]
- Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C10.574.500]
- Canavan Disease [C10.574.500.300]
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
- Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C16.320.400]
- Canavan Disease [C16.320.400.150]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C16.320.565]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C16.320.565.189]
- Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases [C16.320.565.189.362]
- Canavan Disease [C16.320.565.189.362.375]
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
- Metabolic Diseases [C18.452]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C18.452.132]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C18.452.132.100]
- Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases [C18.452.132.100.362]
- Canavan Disease [C18.452.132.100.362.375]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C18.452.648]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C18.452.648.189]
- Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases [C18.452.648.189.362]
- Canavan Disease [C18.452.648.189.362.375]
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