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How can having tay-sachs disease affect people's life?
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Misery: Affected patients appear normal at birth & progress normally up to about 6 mo when they plateau & start their decline.They gradually deteriorate & die of complications of their disease by the age of about 4 yrs.
Answered 5/22/2013
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