Alternative titles and symbols : ACATALASIA; Catalase deficiency;
Description : Acatalasemia, also known as acatalasia, is a metabolic disorder characterized by a
total or near total loss of catalase activity in erythrocytes. About half of cases
originate from ulcerating oral gangrenes, and these cases are referred to as having
Takahara disease. Half-normal levels of catalase in heterozygotes is referred to as
hypocatalasemia or hypocatalasia (Ogata, 1991).;