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Preferred term

Trihexosylceramides  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Glycosphingolipids which contain as their polar head group a trisaccharide (galactose-galactose-glucose) moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in ceramide trihexosidase, is the cause of angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (FABRY DISEASE).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ceramide Trihexosides
  • Trihexosyl Ceramides

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L0LQZP2K-C

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