Farber's disease
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Related to Farber's disease: Gaucher disease, disseminated lipogranulomatosis, Ceramidase deficiency, Krabbe disease, Niemann Pick disease
Farber's disease
[fahr´berz]a lysosomal storage disease and sphingolipidosis, transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, due to deficiency of the enzyme ceramidase.
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