Jewish genetic diseases

The VERY FEW Sephardi Jewish Genetic Disorders

The MANY Common Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Disorders

Mendelian Disorders are the direct result of mutated genes

• Bloom Syndrome
• Canavan Disease
• Crohn's Disease
• Factor XI Deficiency
• Familial Dysautonomia (Riley-Day syndrome)
• Fanconi Anemia
• Gaucher Disease
• Mucolipidosis IV Niemann-Pick Disease
• Non-Classical Adrenal Hyperplasia
• Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Torsion Dystonia
• Childhood- and adolescent-onset idiopathic (cause not known) primary dystonia has been found to be more common in Jews of Eastern European or Ashkenazi ancestry.
• Focal hand dystonia – a disorder of neuroplasticity?
• Disease Predisposition Genes are disorders which result from the combination of specific genes
• Breast Cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2)
• Familial Colon Cancer

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