Canavan disease: emerging cases in non-Ashkenazi population
Zubaria Bashir1, Syed M. Nurulain2, Sadia Asmat2, Sajid Mehmood2
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Aktualn Neurol 2025; 25 (1): 44–45
DOI:
10.15557/AN.2025.0008
Abstract
Canavan disease (CD) is one of leukodystrophies − genetic diseases that typically become evident during the neonatal/infancy period or in childhood, and rarely in adults. The pathological condition is also called Canavan–van Bogaert–Bertrand disease and regarded mainly as an Ashkenazi Jewish genetic disorder. It is an uncommon hereditary disease characterised by the degradation of brain white matter and damage to the myeline sheath.
Keywords
Canavan disease
