The juvenile form of Gaucher disease occurs in all nationalities and is also inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder. With all forms, abnormal deposits of glucocerebroside occur in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow. Juvenile forms of the disease may or may not be characterized by neuronopathic involvement. Damage to the bone marrow may cause anemia and associated problems. . Bone involvement can be painful and progressively disabling.
Death can occur from bone marrow failure in untreated disease.
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