# Gaucher disease type 2

INSERM

## Source

INSERM. (1999). Orphanet: an online rare disease and orphan drug data base. *Gaucher disease type 2*. ORPHA:77260

Gaucher disease type 2 is the acute neurological form of Gaucher disease (GD; see this term). It is characterized by early-onset and severe neurological involvement of the brainstem, associated with an organomegaly and generally leading to death before the age of 2.