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FARBER DISEASE

FARBER DISEASE
ASAH1; FARBER LIPOGRANULOMATOSIS; LIPOGRANULOMATOSIS; CERAMIDASE DEFICIENCY
228000
OMIM = Online Mendelian Inheritance of Men
333
Acid ceramidase
3.5.1.23
8p22

Detail information to gene locus by the National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI:
E75.2
rare
autosomal recessive
Laboratory findings    Acid ceramidase dec (fibroblasts)
    Protein normal/inc (cerebrospinal fluid)
Symptoms  hoarse cry
  nodules, subcutaneous
   arthritis
   cherry-red spot on retinal macula
   failure to thrive
   hepatomegaly (large liver)
   hypotonia
   irritability
   joint swelling
   pain, bones or joints
   psychomotor retardation
   seizures
   splenomegaly (large spleen)
    early death
    hydrops fetalis
    jaundice
    liver involvement or dysfunction
    mental retardation
    motor retardation
    onset, infancy
    onset, neonatal
    screaming or crying, abnormal