Canavan disease also called Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease aspartoacylase deficiency or aminoacylase 2 deficiency is an autosomal recessive degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain. Canavan disease is one of the most common degenerative cerebral diseases of infancy.
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