Canavan's disease is a degenerative genetic disease of the brain. Approx 42,000 people in America are carriers and both parents must be carriers to pass it down. in cases where both parents are carriers the child has a 1 in 4 chance of developing the disease.
Of those children who do develop Canavan's most die before the age of 4, although there are some rare occurrences of children living to teens.
There is no cure and it is progressive so it is 100% fatal at some point.
mortality rate - death rate
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Canavan disease is named after Dr. Myrtelle Canavan
Canavan disease is an autosomal recessive genetic condition
Dr. Myrtelle Canavan
Canavan disease is also called aspartoacylase deficiency
parvo
It was not until 1949, that Canavan disease was recognized as a unique genetic disease by Van Bogaert and Betrand
Some people with Canavan disease may eventually become blind
People with Canavan disease typically have disproportionately large heads
DNA testing is the only means of identifying carriers of Canavan disease
I was doing a presentation on Canavan Disease and had a lot of trouble finding wether it was dominant or recessive. I found the answer and thought i should make it easier for others. Canavan Disease is recessive
Most infants with Canavan disease appear normal for the first month of life
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