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Krabbe Disease Learning Center
Causes could include:
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Gene Abnormality
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A defect in the GALC gene causes Krabbe disease. Persons with this gene defect do not make enough of a substance called galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase (galactosylceramidase).
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Krabbe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder. Affected individuals have two nonfunctional copies of the GALC gene. Parents of an affected child are healthy carriers and therefore have one normal GALC gene and one nonfunctional GALC gene. When...
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Krabbe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder. Affected individuals have two nonfunctional copies of the GALC gene . Parents of an affected child are healthy carriers and therefore have one normal GALC gene and one nonfunctional GALC gene. Whe...
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Krabbe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder. Affected individuals have two nonfunctional copies of the GALC gene . Parents of an affected child are healthy carriers and therefore have one normal GALC gene and one nonfunctional GALC gene. Whe...
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