Diseases

Farber Lipogranulomatosis

A sphingolipidosis subtype that is characterized by the histological appearance of granulomatous deposits in tissues. It results from the accumulation of CERAMIDES in various tissues due to an inherited deficiency of ACID CERAMIDASE.

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A sphingolipidosis subtype that is characterized by the histological appearance of granulomatous deposits in tissues. It results from the accumulation of CERAMIDES in various tissues due to an inherited deficiency of ACID CERAMIDASE.

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  • Acid Ceramidase Deficiency
  • Ceramidase Deficiency
  • Farber Disease
  • Farber's Disease
  • N-Laurylsphingosine Deacylase Deficiency
  • Acid Ceramidase Deficiencies
  • Ceramidase Deficiencies
  • Ceramidase Deficiency, Acid
  • Deficiencies, Ceramidase
  • Deficiencies, N-Laurylsphingosine Deacylase
  • Deficiency, Acid Ceramidase
  • Deficiency, Ceramidase
  • Deficiency, N-Laurylsphingosine Deacylase
  • Disease, Farber's
  • Diseases, Farber's
  • Farber's Diseases
  • Farbers Disease
  • Lipogranulomatosis, Farber
  • N Laurylsphingosine Deacylase Deficiency
  • N-Laurylsphingosine Deacylase Deficiencies

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Lipid Metabolism (1952-1976)
  • Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors (1987-2008)
  • Lipidoses (1976-2008)
  • Sphingolipidoses (1992-2008)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Farber Lipogranulomatosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055577. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055577
  2. Farber Lipogranulomatosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farber_disease
  3. Farber Lipogranulomatosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396345