About The Medical Condition Trihexosides, Ceramide

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Trihexosides, Ceramide

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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Trihexosides, Ceramide?

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).

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