Canavan disease (CD) Symptoms and Causes

General: Canavan disease occurs when a person is born with a mutated, or abnormal, aspartoacylase gene. Normally, this gene provides the body with instructions on how to make an enzyme called aspartoacylase. This enzyme is needed to break down N-acetylaspartate... read more

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