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Hello doctor my relatives girl baby was affected by canavan disease. What the treatment available for that?
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It is a genetic disease and hence there is no treatment for cure and we should plan treatment for symptomatic relief and do palliative management and even life is not more than 10 years and giving 2.5mg folicacid tablet will be helpful lifelong
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