Thesaurismosis

A thesaurism (formerly thesaurosis ) - from Greek: thesaurisma (treasure, supply) - or storage disease is a metabolic disorder affecting synthesis or degradation . Each disease in this group causes an accumulation of a specific metabolic product with a specific distribution pattern in the body.

Storage diseases can be hereditary or be promoted by exogenous influences.

Examples:

• Amyloidosis
• Dorfman-Chanarin Syndrome triglyceride storage disease
• Glycogenosis
• Hemochromatosis
• hepatolenticular degeneration
• Sphingolipidosis
• Gaucher's disease
• Krabbe's disease
• Mucopolysaccharidosis

Web links

• Working group for pediatric metabolic disorders - worth knowing about metabolic disorders
• Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism

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