Canavan disease

Summary

Canavan disease is a designated intractable/rare disease^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Canavan disease's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease^[3].
• Canavan disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[4].
• Canavan disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[5].
• Myrtelle Canavan is named after Canavan disease^[6].
• Canavan disease is a type of leukodystrophy^[7].
• Canavan disease is a type of nervous system heredodegenerative disease^[8].
• Canavan disease is a type of neurometabolic disease^[9].
• Canavan disease is a type of rare genetic epilepsy^[10].
• Canavan disease is a type of amino acid or protein metabolism disease with epilepsy^[11].
• Canavan disease is a type of inborn aminoacylase deficiency^[12].
• Canavan disease is a type of autosomal recessive^[13].
• Canavan disease is a type of autosomal recessive disease^[14].
• Canavan disease is a type of disease^[15].
• Canavan disease's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/5413^[16].
• Canavan disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84611^[17].
• Canavan disease's health specialty is recorded as endocrinology^[18].
• Canavan disease's health specialty is recorded as neurology^[19].
• Canavan disease's genetic association is recorded as ASPA^[20].
• Canavan disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3613^[21].
• Canavan disease's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:3613^[22].
• Canavan disease's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_141^[23].
• Canavan disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine^[24].

Why It Matters

Canavan disease has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]