See Also: gaucher's disease, type 1(medicine)
Gaucher disease, type 1(health)
disease, gaucher's type 1(medicine)
Gaucher's disease(health)
gaucher disease(medicine)
gaucher's disease(medicine)
Gaucher's disease(dictionary)
Gaucher disease(health)
Gaucher disease, types 2-5(health)
Recklinghausen's disease type I(medicine)

gaucher's disease, type 1 (medicine) and Marmara, Sea of (sh)


gaucher's disease, type 1 (medicine)


gaucher's disease, type 1


A progressive genetic disease caused by a defect in an enzyme. The enzyme, called glucocerebrosidase, is needed to break down the chemical glucocerebroside. The enzyme defect in persons with Gaucher's disease (GD) leads to the accumulation of glucocerebroside in the spleen, liver, and lymph nodes. The most common early sign is enlargement of the spleen (located in the upper left abdomen). Other signs include low red blood cell counts (anaemia), a decrease in blood clotting cells (platelets), increased pigmentation of the skin, and a yellow fatty spot on the white of the eye (a pinguecula). Severe bone involvement can lead to pain and collapse of the bone of the hips, shoulders, and spine. The GD gene is on chromosome 1. The disease is a recessive trait. Both parents carry a GD gene and transmit it for their child with the disease. The parents' risk of a child with the disease is 1 in 4 with each Pregnancy. This type of Gaucher's disease (noncerebral juvenile Gaucher's disease) is most common in Ashkenazi Jews (of European origin) and is the most common genetic disease among Jews in the United States.


Marmara, Sea of (sh)




Inland sea lying between the Asian and European parts of Turkey.

It is connected with the Black Sea through the Bosporus, and with the Aegean Sea through the Dardanelles. It is 175 mi (280 km) long and nearly 50 mi (80 km) wide, and it occupies an area of 4,382 sq mi (11,350 sq km). The sea has two distinct island groups. The K?z?l Islands in the northeast are primarily resort areas. The Marmara Islands in the southwest are rich in granite, slate, and marble, which have been quarried since antiquity.