Gaucher cells

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• Gaucher cells disease — Gau·cher cells, disease (go shaґ) [Phillippe Charles Ernest Gaucher, French physician, 1854–1918] see under cell and disease …   Medical dictionary

• Gaucher's disease — Classification and external resources Acid beta glucosidase ICD 10 E75 …   Wikipedia

• Gaucher disease — ▪ disease       rare inherited metabolic disorder characterized by anemia, mental and neurologic impairment, yellowish pigmentation of the skin, enlargement of the spleen, and bone deterioration resulting in pathological fractures. Gaucher… …   Universalium

• Gaucher disease — A series of 5 diseases due to deficient activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading to accumulation of glucocerebroside in tissues of the body. The 5 types of Gaucher disease encompass a continuum of clinical findings from a lethal form… …   Medical dictionary

• Gaucher disease, type 1 — The most common and best known form of Gaucher disease. It affects the spleen, liver, and bone marrow and spares the brain. The symptoms include enlargement of the spleen (usually the first sign), anemia, low blood platelets, increased skin… …   Medical dictionary

• Gaucher disease, types 2-5 — A series of disease due to glucocerebrosidase deficiency and accumulation of glucocerebroside in cells. By comparison with type 1 Gaucher disease, these are far less frequent forms of Gaucher disease. Types 2 and 3 Gaucher disease are… …   Medical dictionary

• Gaucher's disease — Gau·cher s disease .gō shāz n a rare hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism that is caused by an enzyme deficiency of glucocerebrosidase, that is characterized by enormous enlargement of the spleen, pigmentation of the skin, and bone lesions,… …   Medical dictionary

• Gaucher's disease — noun A genetic disease in which lipid accumulates in cells and certain organs …   Wiktionary

• Gaucher — Philippe C.E., French physician, 1854–1918. See G. cells, under cell, G. disease, pseudo G. cell …   Medical dictionary

• Gaucher's disease — genetic disease that causes an accumulation of fats in storage cells as a result of a lack of enzyme activity in breaking down molecules composed of sugar and fats …   English contemporary dictionary

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   Medical dictionary