Salla disease
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Salla disease (SD) is an autosomal recessive[2] lysosomal storage disease characterized by early physical impairment and intellectual disability. It was first described in 1979,[3] after Salla, a municipality in Finnish Lapland and is one of 40 Finnish heritage diseases.
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Other names | Sialic acid storage disease or Finnish type sialuria[1] |
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Specialty | Neurology, endocrinology |
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Approximately ~250 individuals with FSASD have been reported in the literature, of which the majority (> 160 cases) are of Finnish or Swedish ancestry. Individuals with FSASD may go misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, making it difficult to determine the true frequency of the disease in the general population.[citation needed]