Tay-Sachs disease

Summary

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare disease^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (783 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tay-Sachs disease is credited with the discovery of Bernard Sachs^[3].
• Tay-Sachs disease is credited with the discovery of Waren Tay^[4].
• Tay-Sachs disease's image is recorded as Tay-sachsUMich.jpg^[5].
• Tay-Sachs disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[6].
• Tay-Sachs disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[7].
• Warren Taylor is named after Tay-Sachs disease^[8].
• Bernard Sachs is named after Tay-Sachs disease^[9].
• Tay-Sachs disease's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85132905^[10].
• Tay-Sachs disease's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16192634g^[11].
• Tay-Sachs disease's subclass of is recorded as lysosomal storage disease^[12].
• Tay-Sachs disease's subclass of is recorded as GM2 gangliosidosis^[13].
• Tay-Sachs disease's subclass of is recorded as eye degenerative disease^[14].
• Tay-Sachs disease's subclass of is recorded as disease^[15].
• Tay-Sachs disease's Commons category is recorded as Tay–Sachs disease^[16].
• Tay-Sachs disease's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D013661^[17].
• Tay-Sachs disease's OMIM ID is recorded as 272800^[18].
• Tay-Sachs disease's ICD-9 ID is recorded as 330.1^[19].
• Tay-Sachs disease's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 58018^[20].
• Tay-Sachs disease's DiseasesDB is recorded as 12916^[21].
• Tay-Sachs disease's MedlinePlus ID is recorded as 001417^[22].
• Tay-Sachs disease's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fm54^[23].
• Tay-Sachs disease's KEGG ID is recorded as H02016^[24].
• Tay-Sachs disease's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as T99^[25].
• Tay-Sachs disease's GeneReviews ID is recorded as NBK1218^[26].
• Tay-Sachs disease's MeSH tree code is recorded as C10.228.140.163.100.435.825.300.300.500^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Bernard Sachs^[3], a neurologist^[28], 1858–1944^[29], of United States^[30], specialised in neurology^[31] and Waren Tay^[4], an ophthalmologist^[32], 1843–1927^[33], of United Kingdom^[34].

Why It Matters

Tay-Sachs disease ranks in the top 6% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (783 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]