Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases
- Bloom’s Syndrome (BS)
- Canavan Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Familial Dysautonomia (FD)
- Familial Hyperinsulinism
- Fanconi Anemia Type C
- Gaucher Disease Type 1
- Glycogen Storage Disorder Type 1A (GSD 1A)
- Joubert Syndrome Type 2
- Lipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency (E3)
- Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
- Mucolipidosis Type 4 (ML4)
- Nemaline Myopathy
- Niemann-Pick Disease Type A
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Usher Syndrome Type 3
- Usher Syndrome Type I
- Walker Warburg Syndrome (WWS)
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jewish Genetic Diseases
- Alpha-Thalassemia
- Ataxia Telangiectasia
- Beta-Thalassemia
- Corticosterone Methyloxidase Type II Deficiency
- Costeff Optical Atrophy
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Familial Tumoral Calcinosis (Normophosphatemic Type)
- Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydogenase Deficiency (G6PD)
- Inclusion Body Myopathy 2
- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2B
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD)
- Polyglandular Deficiency Syndrome
- Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Wolman Disease
Gaucher Disease Type 1
In Gaucher Disease Type 1 the most common features include an enlarged liver and spleen, anemia, easy bruising, bone pain and easily broken bones, osteoporosis and fatigue. Enzyme replacement therapy is the standard of care. Physical impairment likely. Treatments available.
