Tay-Sachs
disease (TSD) is a fatal genetic disorder in children that causes
progressive destruction of the central nervous system. For information
about this fatal genetic disorder, check these sites.
An excellent
resource for information about this newly recognized and relatively
rare form of Tay-Sachs, this website offers medical information
from Massachusetts General Hospital
and back issues of the Foundation's newsletter.
The Association's
website includes fact sheets about Tay-Sachs Disease and numerous
allied diseases (Late-Onset Tay-Sachs Disease, Sandhoff Disease,
Fabry Disease, Gaucher Disease, Niemann-Pick Disease, Canavan
Disease), as well as information about the organization, links,
and suggested readings.