Life expectancy Life expectancy in Gaucher’s disease depends mainly on the severity and type of the disease. Type I Gaucher disease, as a non-neuropathic disease, has only a slightly reduced life expectancy. The chronic neuropathic form is characterized by drastic life restrictions and severe suffering on the part of the patient. However, it is difficult … Life expectancy | Gaucher disease
Structural proteins primarily serve as tensile scaffolds in cells and tissues. They usually have no enzymatic function, so they do not normally interfere with metabolic processes. Structural proteins usually form long fibers and give, for example, ligaments, tendons and bones their strength and motility, their mobility. Several different types of structural proteins account for about … Structural Protein: Function & Diseases
Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder based on mutations in the FLCN gene. Patients suffer from multiple skin lesions, lung cysts, and renal tumors. Treatment is limited to symptomatic resection and, if necessary, follow-up of the tumors. What is Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome? Hereditary diseases are conditions caused by mutation(s) in one or more genes … Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
