Canavan disease

neurodegenerative disorder
MedicalCondition designated_intractable_rare_disease Q2349546
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Summary

Canavan disease is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It draws 472 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #107 of 201).[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's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/5413[15].
  • Canavan disease's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[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 draws 472 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #107 of 201).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · تامر · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)"
  2. 15w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → leukodystrophy, nervous system heredodegenerative disease, neurometabolic disease +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  3. 18w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genetic association → ASPA
    Subclass of → —
    Wikiskripta article id → 80784
    Health specialty → endocrinology, neurology
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikiskripta article id: 80784, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/106612075|Canavanovej choroba (#106612075)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkript"
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