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Wolman Disease, as genome-wide studies have reported it: 29 positions from 1 study. Assembled by code from the GWAS Catalog's records and kept current as positions arrive; every figure is the studies' own.
This is the record of what genome-wide association studies have found for Wolman Disease (the GWAS Catalog's "Wolman disease"): 29 positions reported by 1 study. The page is put together by code from the catalogue's records and the studies' own listings, and it is rebuilt whenever the records change, so it always reflects them as they stand.
A study. The 29 positions on this page from it: rs1204744283 (LIPA), rs121965086 (LIPA), rs121965087 (LIPA), rs1554865206 (LIPA), rs1554865214 (LIPA), rs1554865576 (LIPA), rs1564751995 (LIPA), rs1564753490 (LIPA), and 21 more.
The 29 positions lie in or near 1 gene: LIPA. A gene named here is the catalogue's mapped location for a position, not a mechanism; the studies are cited above so that a reader can go to them.
Association records say which positions differ, on average, between people with Wolman Disease and people without. They do not describe the condition, say how common it is, or tell anyone what to do, so this page does not either. For a single position, open its variant page: it gives that study's record in fixed sentences, with ClinVar's where there is one.
Nothing on this page diagnoses Wolman Disease. The 29 variants here are research findings; no guideline uses them to predict, screen for or diagnose the condition — that is a clinician's work.
Everything here comes from population-level association records, put together by code. Those records compare groups of people; they do not examine anyone, and they give no guidance on care. For symptoms, testing or treatment, ask a clinician.
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Wolman Disease. MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/conditions/wolman-disease
Wolman Disease is the condition the GWAS Catalog files under "Wolman disease". This page does not define it in its own words; it lists what genome-wide studies have reported: 29 positions from 1 study, with each study's sample and citation.
Genes play a part: 29 positions have been linked to it. But each is a common variant of small effect, and a link found across a population does not cause the condition in any one person.
The catalogue maps the positions to 1 gene: LIPA. These are where the positions sit, not proof of how they act.
No. They are population-level findings of small effect. Wolman Disease is diagnosed by a clinician, and no guideline uses a genotype to predict it.
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