What is Anderson's Disease?

Andersen disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Andersen disease, or a subtype of Andersen disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. read more

Andersen disease is named for the investigator (DH Andersen) who initially described the disease in 1956. Signs & Symptoms Andersen disease is a multisystem disorder that may affect the liver, voluntary (skeletal) muscles, the heart, the nervous system, and other bodily tissues. read more

Andersen’s Disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, in which two copies of the defective gene must be inherited for an individual to develop the disease Autosomal recessive: Autosomal recessive conditions are traits or disorders that occur when two copies of an abnormal gene have been inherited on a non-sex chromosome. read more